He's arguing based on a technicality. When most people complain about the rain, they are really talking about the lack of sunshine. If any given day has a 50-70

He's arguing based on a technicality. When most people complain about the rain, they are really talking about the lack of sunshine. If any given day has a 50-70% chance of rain at some point, imagine the probability of any given day simply being gray. The fact is, during non-summer, almost every day is without sunshine. So much so that the local news will report the consecutive number of sunny days during the summer. During the winter, getting any kind of sunlight is such a big deal that the local forecasters use the term "filtered sun" to describe cloud coverage that is thin enough to allow light through. Having grown up on the east coast, this was a novel term to me. I've lived in Seatle a number of years now, and it has a lot going for it, but the weather absolutely sucks. I'm not at Microsoft anymore, but when I started, they asked if I'd be okay with the weather as it is apparently a major problem for them with people not being able to handle it (not sure if this was specific to my recruiter or a company-wide thing).