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• n  a storm with rain

• On May 18, two battalionsall of their men loaded down with 40 magazines of rifle ammunitiontried again, and were thrown back just short of the crest in a blinding rainstorm .
• In the final 72 hours, a tropical rainstorm lashed the doomed 10,000-man garrison.
• On the Jersey shore, where a sunny holiday attracts upwards of 3 million bathers, Mondale found instead about a hundred hardy souls huddled against a driving rainstorm.

News & Articles

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• Firefighters In Colorado Gaining The Upper Hand On Blazes
  Authorities say a surprise rainstorm and cooler weather have helped them start to turn the tide on the devastating wildfires.
  June 15, 2013 - NPR
• Rain adds twist to state golf finals
  A large rainstorm Wednesday made play at the Division 1 and 4 state golf finals a little extra interesting.
  June 15, 2013 - Traverse City Record-Eagle
• Pre-monsoon showers sprinkle Sierra Vista
  An unexpected rainstorm moved through Southeast Arizona Friday, as about one-third of an inch of rain and episodes of hail were reported in Miller Canyon.   Cham Weinmeister, a meteorlogical technician at Libby Army Airfield on Fort Huachuca, reported minimal precipitation off the mountains, though he did note thunderstorm activity north of Huachuca City, near Benson.   “It developed off the ...
  June 15, 2013 - The Sierra Vista Herald

Quotes

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• Tiger Wood in USA Today
  I'm not here with the jug,Woods said. "We've got 36 more holes to go. Unless there's some kind of rainstorm coming and it's canceled after two days, we have a long way to go."
• Jenson Button in MiamiHerald.com
  We thought the first rainstorm was it, and there was nothing else coming, so we waited,said Button, who will start 17th. "I guess events proved it was the wrong thing to do."
• Kevin Rudd in The Age
  Looking at the requirements he (Barnhart) would need to have qualifying today, as well as practice, and what it would take to dry the track in these kinds of conditions, with 50 degrees, high winds, and it seems like we're in a swirling rainstorm... Joie Chitwood http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joie_Chitwood&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNEEw3i2mHwx-3Cv_BQv2CVoCWJp7A 680 News http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.680news.com/news/sports/article.jsp%3Fcontent%3Ds051175A&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNG0h22vDpdlsDVj0pRIvIlHD46DcQ May 11, 2008 80086 107996 rainwater Federal Labor's national solar schools plan will replace the government's current green vouchers scheme which only allows schools to apply for grants to install rainwater tanks or solar-hot water systems," Mr Rudd said. "This significant...