Good morning from Mumbai. We are going to attempt to start blogging. Please forgive my mistakes as I learn about blogging.
I can definitely say that we have been very lucky (weather-wise and otherwise) since we have arrived. Although it was supposedly monsoon season (goes from June - September), the weather was actually very nice for travelling around and taking care of the myriad of things to be done when settling into a new country. Although it showed on my weather app that we were getting rain every day, it was not much rain and it wasn't really every day.
Today looks a lot different. I can't see the other buildings from our balcony due to the downpour. It has been raining since the kids left for school at 7:30, and I told our driver that he can do his own thing this morning because I didn't need to go out. It's just not that appealing to bring groceries in on a rainy day.
As of August 3, 2012, the actual rainfall levels for some of the areas of Mumbai were at 40-50% of normal. Mumbai receives 96% of its rain during the monsoon. (91" in June-Sept, 3" rest of year)
So, where Cincinnati or Boston receives on average anywhere between 2.5 - 5 inches in a month, Mumbai, during June, July, August, receives on average from 23"-34" in the month. That's a little bit of rain.
The statistic for this year is that as of 20 August, 2012, there was enough "usable water in Mumbai's 7 lakes for 270 days". (Let's hope we make it to 365 days...)
for more info on monsoon, go to http://goindia.about.com/od/planningyourtrip/a/indiamonsoon.htm
I hope your day is not quite as wet as ours. I guess we need to buy another umbrella or so.
A good day to stay inside and figure out blogging...
As they say in greeting here,
Namaste,
Mary
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