I smell rain before it begins to fall.
Then there's the distinct smell of petrichor that spreads over the earth as raindrops strike the ground, and I look up to confirm my suspicions.
Yep.
Definitely raining again.
It's only the afternoon now, long enough that Valentine has tagged out on his shift for Celeste, but the sky's already gone from clear to heavily overcast to falling rain.
It seems that the region has experienced more heavy rainfall in recent times than usual. I'm not the most familiar with this area, admittedly, but the roads themselves indicate that flooding isn't usually this much of a concern.
It's good for the environment, of course, and helps grow a lot of new plants. It's healthy and necessary for the land in general. Especially out here, a drought is the last thing anyone wants to see.
But it also causes problems, especially for travel, when it's this frequent.
Like mud.
