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As a fun data point, the capital of Sierra Leone gets more rainfall in a single month than the PNW gets in an entire year. I was there in the rainy season, it
by grecy 3y ago
As a fun data point, the capital of Sierra Leone gets more rainfall in a single month than the PNW gets in an entire year.
I was there in the rainy season, it rained harder than I ever imagined possible for ten hours a day, every day.
- Brusco_RF 3y agoYou sent me down a rabbit hole. Holy crap! The AVERAGE rainfall in Sierra Leone in August is over 600mm... 23 inches!
- gottorf 3y agoAccording to Wikipedia, the average August rainfall in the capital, Freetown, is over a meter (~42")[0]. Tropical wet-and-dry climates, they're wild! [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freetown#Climate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freetown#Climate
- Brusco_RF 3y agoFreetown gets more rain in one August week than my town (Scottsdale) gets in a full YEAR
- grecy 3y agoIt was seriously, seriously impressive to live in that environment. I wound up finding mould on my clothes, on my fridge, inside my Jeep, etc. etc. It was extremely hard, so after a month I drove north into Mali where the rainy season was basically over :) I saw rain staggeringly heavy more times than I can count on the West Coast of Africa - it was truly incredible. Now that I think about it, I'm not sure I ever got it on film.