Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Randomly Noted Streetalk: What happened to all those rainy nights in Georgia?
Posted by Jeff Slate on Tue, Jul 17, 2007 at 12:27 PM
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Aaron: The geothermal dome of 285. All the storms from the west are breaking up before they get to us. So we never get the storms, or they break up and go north or south of 285. If the storms do make it through, they are actually dangerous, as opposed to just mild storms. The population of Atlanta has gotten bigger, so that raises more emissions and that’s where the geothermal dome comes into play. It’s like one big circle running around and all the pollution comes up around Atlanta.
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Ricky: That’s what I would like to know. When I was small, dog days started in July and it would rain for 14 days. That’s nonexistent now. The world itself is changing. But it’s probably been like this before. The planet is going through its own changes. Whatever is happening to mankind, the Earth is just doing what it’s doing to survive. But I miss the rain. I loved it when it rained almost every other day. There was always a new growth of plants.
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Rick: Back in the ’70s, when that song [“Rainy Night in Georgiaâ€] came out, everybody was promiscuous, having free love, this and that, and now it’s time to pay up. Mr. Yang is here. He’s taken all those rainy nights away. It’s God’s punishment. You reap what you sow. In the ’70s, our parents took advantage of every rainy night. The song was decadent. It symbolized the times. And the lights went out. Or was that a different song? Either way, we used up all our rainy nights.
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