Well, I feel like I’ve seen it all here in Copiapó. In this semi arid city, located right on the outskirts of the Atacama Desert “estaba lloviendo” or it rained!! What happens in Copiapó when it rains? School gets canceled that’s what happens. I normally hate the rain, it’s cold…it’s wet… But today was a great day! My Wednesdays are my longest, and my normally 9 hour day got cut to 5! All because of a little rain, actually it rained less than an hour and people freaked out because they don’t know how to handle it here, just like we would never know how to handle an earthquake (of sizable magnitude). The streets were also flooding with less than an hour’s worth of rain. It was seriously mothering more than a shower. No lightning, no thunder, just a little rain. But it never happens here!!! So the kids were super excited and playing out in the rain, not caring how cold it was or that they were getting wet.
This is kind of a weird year for Copiapó. This is the third time it’s rained here, which is the reason for the flowering desert. I asked how many times it rained last year and they said zero. I get different answers with different people I ask, so I’m really not sure how often it rains, not a lot. One person said 12 mm every 6 years. One person said they get the flowering desert every ten years, but then one person said the last flowering desert was in 2008. So I don’t really know, I just know that it’s really rare. Now, all I need to see is snow, and then I will have seen it all!
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