Rainy Days and Sundays and Weather Around the World

 

We got pretty much rained out of our beach vacation and Tropical Storm Isaac is heading for Cuba and the Florida coast with the possibility of threatening the Republican convention in Tampa. Out of respect to our 'Republican friends' we will hold off on the Paul Ryan jokes until...well, tomorrow.

 

Here is a look at weather conditions around the world (we are using Fahreinheit, apologies for those of you who use Celsius):

 

Ankara 61 cloudy

 

Amsterdam 61 rain

 

Baku, Azerbaijan 73 cloudy

 

Buenos Aires 48 clear

 

Dubai 90 sunny

 

Frankfurt 61 partly cloudy

 

London 61 cloudy

 

Moscow 55 rain

 

Nairobi, Kenya 59 cloudy

 

Nassau, The Bahamas 84 cloudy

 

Singapore 84 sunny

 

Sydney 64 sunny

 

Tokyo 88 partly cloudy

 

Toronto 75 clear

 

http://www.weather.com

 

Things We Learned on Twitter Today- Heavy Rains to Hit Carolina Coast

According to a tweet from Eyewitness News-11 in Raleigh, NC, the coastal town of Wilmington, NC, is getting prepared for two days of nonstop rain as a tropical depression over the east coast will likely ram into rain system shifting west.

Simply put, this might mean if you live in that area, you may as well prepare to do your best Gene Kelly impersanation because, like it or not, you will be 'singing in the rain.'

Stephen Keebler of the National Weather Service in Wilmington told the news outlet that the next few days would be tough ones for the lower coastal regions of the Carolinas.

Heavy rains are also expected in Raleigh, Charlotte and Greensboro as well as cities like Danville, Va., and Fort Mill, SC, which both border the Tarheel State.

Officials in Wilmington recorded 10.33 inches of rain at the Wilmington Airport on Monday according to News 11, which is the most since 1999.

The report also said Charleston, SC, has been hit hard by the storms.

SIDEBAR: Well, our unofficial 'High School of Week' is back even though we have neglected it for some two and a half weeks. Our official 'High School of the Week' will hopefully be named on Friday.

For today, we are going with Pioneer High School in Ann Arbor, Mich.,known as The Purple Pride, which is the alma mater of historical documentary filmmaker Ken Burns and punk rock legend Iggy Pop. We imagine they have little else in common.