As I write rain is absolutely bucketing down in the form of what is commonly known in the UK as ‘stair-rods’. Watching it I am in fact strongly reminded of the torrential, vertical rain which formed a prelude to the infamous UK hurricane of 1987 which flattened some 15 million trees and was the worst such great storm to hit the UK since the distant days of 1703.
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