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I've always loved the rain. I  like when  the skies get dark and the wind picks up. It's the anticipation, the rumbling in the distance. The flag on my porch starts to unfurl and flap a little. I inhale deeply and smell the sweetness of rain before it actually comes. Then the raindrops start! You can see the round circles of droplets start to cover the sidewalk. Easing into the porch rocker, I wait. Then, the deluge! The water runs off the eaves in great torrents. I have about 5 minutes of this blissfulness before the wind blows the rain through...