David, your article is clever but two points stick out. The first point refers to your reinfocement of the myth that it “always” rains in Seattle. It does not “always” rain in Seattle. Cities such as Mobile, Alabama; Miami, Florida; New Orleans, Louisiana and New York City get more annual precipitation than Seattle. In fact, Mobile, Alabama get about 30 inches more rainfall annually than Seattle. If you said that Seattle has more “cloudy” days annually then there is a fact we can agree upon but not the myth that it always rains in Seattle.

The second point I must contend with is your reference to the “weary streets of Seattle.” Weary? I am not sure what your implication is but I would not say that Seattle streets are weary. I get the impression that is it miserable in Seattle by your brief comparison to the Emerald City, but Seattle it is quite the contrary to it being weary.

You probably have a sense of where I am from by reading my retort to your article. I suppose since it does not rain as much in Southern California, it would appear that it rains all the time in places such as Seattle therefore, I understand where you are coming from.