Raincouver, BC, Canada

Vancouver, Raincouver. Come on... Don't make me explain what is already obvious. Anyway, just in case we have some reader with a hair as golden as a wheat field, and 'cause it's not a big deal for me to write a few more lines on Van's weather, here we go. Another reason is that, according to Ken, my WPP teacher, there is no better way to start a conversation with a stranger in the streets on Vancouver.

Arrived at the YVR and want to star a conversation with a Van-person at the StarHortonBlenz¹ line? Just start to talk about the weather. They love it. They're usually complaining, but i don't blame them: it's just too much water. Apparently the statistic rules here have been changed to fit the Van City forecast style: if they say that the P.O.P (Probability of Precipitation) is 20%, they mean that it's 120%. The 0% is actually 100%. Of course that i doesn't rain every 365(6) days of the year, but if they say that there is a slight chance of rain, you better wear your boots, close up the raincoat and take an umbrella with you, just in case. No, don't expect a tropical rain, because we're not in the tropics. The rain here comes in homeopathic doses.

Unfortunately I wasn't able to put my hands in some data on the audience share in Vancouver, but judging by the pre-disposition of the local population in "weather conversations", The Weather Channel is probably the #1 broadcaster in Vancouver. While in Brazil there is no football² match before the end of the 9pm soap opera, here there's nothing before the 9pm meteorologic forecast.
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¹ This topic deserve a post of its own. Coming soon.
² It is football, people, not soccer. Ask the Queen.