Portland, Oregon gets an average rainfall of around 37 inches or so (right Keeg?), and the Hague gets an average of 31 inches. I'm used to rain, don't mind it even when my shoes make squishing noises. The problem with every single one of those 31 inches is that the average elevation in the Hague is a measly 3 feet above sea level, with a system of dikes crisscrossing the city to pump water back out to Scheveningen. I'm convinced after my waterlogged and grumpy trek home, through a veritable minefield of bottomless puddles, that this entire city is about one solid rainstorm away from being flooded.
If you need convincing, check out the movie De Storm.
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Indeed, very close on the PDX rain! 36.30 inches per the Nat. Weather Service. Bwa-ston gets an average of over 41 inches per the NWS. But, of course the rain comes in different forms - Bwa-ston will get big downpours...their 24 hour record is 7.06 inches, while PDX is only 4.44. Gaah, you've sent me into weather nerd overdrive...
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