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When will it stop raining?
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thorin



Joined: 14 Apr 2003

PostPosted: Sun Jul 06, 2003 12:03 am    Post subject: When will it stop raining? Reply with quote

Several Koreans have assured me that I'll wake up on July 15 to find the clouds have disappeared and been replaced with an oppressive heat that will last until exactly September 1.
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On the other hand



Joined: 19 Apr 2003
Location: I walk along the avenue

PostPosted: Sun Jul 06, 2003 12:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Several Koreans have assured me that I'll wake up on July 15 to find the clouds have disappeared and been replaced with an oppressive heat that will last until exactly September 1.


And you consider this to be a GOOD thing?!
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ratslash



Joined: 08 May 2003

PostPosted: Sun Jul 06, 2003 12:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

hey thorin. where are you and where are you from?

it is not raining at all in seoul (well, not that much). certainly nothing compared to a good fashioned english summer season!
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thorin



Joined: 14 Apr 2003

PostPosted: Sun Jul 06, 2003 2:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm in Ulsan and it's been raining all day. Actually it was raining when I got to Korea (one of those decents where you [and the pilot] dont see the runway until a split second before one wheel touches down) and for two months, the most it's let up is a day or two. Here's this week's forcast for Busan:

Tonight
Jul 06 T-Storms
69�

Jul 07 T-Storms
74�/69�

Jul 08 Mostly Cloudy
78�/67�

Jul 09 T-Storms
80�/67�

Jul 10 T-Storms
79�/69�

Jul 11 Heavy T-Storms
79�/67�

Jul 12 T-Storms
77�/67�


Get the picture?

On the other hand wrote:


And you consider this to be a GOOD thing?!


I know most people come here to complain but I'm not. If the rainy season shortens the oppressively hot season then I'm all for it.

My original post was mainly questioning this Korean idea that seasons begin and end with a specific date.
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rawiri



Joined: 01 Jun 2003
Location: Lovely day for a fire drill.

PostPosted: Sun Jul 06, 2003 7:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

........ and where are the clothes dryers?, i cant find a laundromat anywhere, all my work clothes have been on the line like 2 days, WHAT AM I GONNA WEAR TOMORROW Mad Mad Mad
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Twisted Turnip



Joined: 11 Mar 2003
Location: Pusan

PostPosted: Sun Jul 06, 2003 8:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I could use the rain.

TT
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schwa



Joined: 18 Jan 2003
Location: Yap

PostPosted: Sun Jul 06, 2003 2:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Aim a fan at your clothes, that speeds up the process.
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Mr. Kalgukshi



Joined: 19 Jan 2003
Location: Here or on the International Job Forums

PostPosted: Sun Jul 06, 2003 3:02 pm    Post subject: Re: When will it stop raining? Reply with quote

thorin wrote:
Several Koreans have assured me that I'll wake up on July 15 to find the clouds have disappeared and been replaced with an oppressive heat that will last until exactly September 1.


They are wrong. It will actually stop raining following a short shower on the morning of July 19, 2003. The exact time will be 10:23 am.

I am not at liberty to disclose how I know this. Sorry.
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HardyandTiny



Joined: 03 Jun 2003

PostPosted: Sun Jul 06, 2003 8:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Stops raining around August 1st, then it's humid and hot for 6 weeks, then we can all relax.
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wormholes101



Joined: 11 Mar 2003

PostPosted: Mon Jul 07, 2003 5:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

rawiri wrote:
....... i cant find a laundromat anywhere, all my work clothes have been on the line like 2 days


I don't think there are any real laundromats in Korea ~ or maybe they're as scarce as hen's teeth... There are plenty of dry cleaning places though...

I'm assured that this rainy period will stop on the weekend of the 12-13 July.
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FliptheCoin



Joined: 11 Feb 2003
Location: Korea Korea you remind me of a west side story....

PostPosted: Mon Jul 07, 2003 7:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Near Yeosu, and its been raining for the last 5 days. Stayed at home all weekend, read an entire book. At home I hated the rain, but here I actually enjoy it, as long as it keeps things a bit cooler for a while.

Seriously, it doesn't start cooling off until September? Uggg.

On the upside, I think I'm adapting to the humidity. Is that possible...
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mokpochica



Joined: 21 Jan 2003
Location: Ann Arbor, MI

PostPosted: Tue Jul 08, 2003 12:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

My dry cleaning place is a 'setak so' and a 'ppalae bang' so it does both dry cleaning and washing/drying--and it's a tiny hole-in-the-wall place. Note: they do it for you--it's not a self-service laundromat. I took my bed clothes there today because I wanted them washed and dried. Some places do have driers and I decided to spring for it because I wanted clean bedding. I've been washing my other clothes though as usual and leaving the fan on when I'm home. Everything has been drying, just taking a bit longer than usual.
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thorin



Joined: 14 Apr 2003

PostPosted: Tue Jul 08, 2003 10:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

It's still raining here in Ulsan and my jeans are still damp. Even if they ever dry, they smell weird and I have to wash them again. I've found a place that will wash and dry for peanuts so I'm gonna try that.

Those that have been around the block, is the summer a dry heat?
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wormholes101



Joined: 11 Mar 2003

PostPosted: Tue Jul 08, 2003 3:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

No ~ summer is mostly humid
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Zyzyfer



Joined: 29 Jan 2003
Location: who, what, where, when, why, how?

PostPosted: Tue Jul 08, 2003 4:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hot damn, an actual thunderstorm!
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