false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174052842m/356193.jpg 356193 1 Everyone talks about the weather, but not like northwesterners. In <i>Rains All the Time</i>, however, it soon becomes clear that the pat image of a perpetually soggy Pacific Northwest is a gross oversimplification. David Laskin points out that, despite the time-honored Seattle and Portland tradition of rain-bashing, these two cities get less rain on average than New York City, and regions east of the Cascade mountains never get enough. Yet, regardless of actual precipitation, rain remains the region's symbol, its favorite joke, and reliable scapegoat. Laskin says that northwesterners are connoisseurs of weather, and deserve a book devoted to its historic, literary, biologic, and cultural impact. He delves into the climatic complexity of the region (from rain forest to desert), and the complexity of its denizens (from boasters to whiners). If you can't escape the wet, you might as well wallow in it. 346367 6 1997 Rains All the Time: A Connoisseur's History of Weather in the Pacific Northwest total:7|5:1|4:3|3:2|2:1|1:0| 7 25 16 3 4 0 false false Thu Jan 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 11 13:49:25 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 15 17:24:12 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 02 12:17:02 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 02 12:17:53 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Fri Oct 30 07:03:54 -0700 2009 Tue Nov 17 04:28:52 -0800 2009 1 0 0 false false Fri Oct 09 20:38:30 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 20:38:30 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jul 17 01:42:32 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 01:42:32 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Apr 01 16:58:38 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 01 17:17:21 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Mar 24 14:15:56 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 24 14:16:11 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Mar 08 20:12:18 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 08 20:12:18 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Mar 05 23:11:58 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 05 23:11:58 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Feb 24 20:17:09 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 20:17:09 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Feb 02 10:27:38 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 10:27:38 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Sun Feb 22 19:45:32 -0800 2009 Wed Sep 24 19:53:03 -0700 2008 Sun Feb 22 19:45:32 -0800 2009 2 0 false false Wed Aug 06 14:09:47 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 06 14:09:47 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Sun Mar 02 13:55:02 -0800 2008 Sun Mar 02 13:55:02 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Mon Nov 19 08:00:30 -0800 2007 Mon Nov 19 08:00:30 -0800 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=356193