22 November 2022 – There are surely many more things to know about seriously pissing-down rain, but here is your starter’s kit of three.
1 – In Nature
The Burning Bush (Euonymus alatus) still deserves its nickname.
2 – In Shops
The doorway umbrella stand is chock-full.
3 – In Pedestrians
Here you have to take my word for it. As we cross paths on the sidewalk — splish-splosh in our wellie-boots, zipped up in our Seriously Waterproof Coats — we wrinkle our noses at each other in amusement.
“Isn’t this the silliest weather ever?” our noses ask each other, and we beam agreement as we walk on by.
WALKING WOMAN 
Lynette d'Arty-Cross
/ 22 November 2022We have P-D freezing rain. Yuck. Everything is covered in ice, even the snow. But, at last you are getting some much needed moisture. Good waterproof boots and coats and a trusty brolly are mostly all you need!
icelandpenny
/ 23 November 2022Freezing rain is the worst, and the worst of the worst is freezing rain on top of snow that has had time to become kicked about and all hills & valleys and then the rain becomes an ice rollercoaster over all of it… nothing even remotely nose-wrinkle amusing about that! good luck
bluebrightly
/ 23 November 2022Thanks for teaching me what P-D rain is – I didn’t know that one! Our rains tend to be long and slow rather than intense but lately, we’ve had a few spells of harder rain. I’m glad Vancouverians are civilized enough to carry a rainbow of umbrellas, it’s almost more cheerful than the Euonymus! And wrinkling up noses in agreement seems a far better reaction than some I can think of. 🙂
icelandpenny
/ 23 November 2022“pissing down” is Britspeak… so graphic!
bluebrightly
/ 23 November 2022Britain certainly should have plenty of colorful rainy weather phrases. 🙂
Still thinking about getting up to Vancouver – will email you if it looks like it’s happening.
dianaed14
/ 29 November 2022England has had the wettest November on record
icelandpenny
/ 29 November 2022I’ve heard about that from my relatives there.