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You sent me down a rabbit hole. Holy crap! The AVERAGE rainfall in Sierra Leone in August is over 600mm... 23 inches!

• gottorf 3y ago
  According 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 ago
    Freetown gets more rain in one August week than my town (Scottsdale) gets in a full YEAR
• grecy 3y ago
  It 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.