Sad, Dark Clouds

Today was a sporadic rainy day. When I woke up there was already complete cloud cover so I knew the weather channel did not lie today. Before I bought an iPhone and discovered “The Weather Channel” application, rain would occasionally take me by surprise. So, I was prepared and equipped with an umbrella today. I had to walk my friend to the union after our geography exam review because she does not share the iPhone way of life and therefore was not alerted to bring an umbrella. There is an app for everything including geography and weather. We chatted about of course the rain. We recalled from class how any why rain occurs. When the water in the air becomes saturated and reaches the dew point, which is 100% humidity, condensation occurs onto particles in the air such as pollution. When the atmosphere can no longer hold up these particles they fall down from the sky. We laughed about how we use to think that rain was caused by some strange magic that turns nice, white puffy clouds into sad, dark clouds that cry. As children, we thought this was why it rained. We went to the same elementary school, so this could be the blame for our distorted childhood belief for sad, dark clouds that cried.