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more about #yearwithoutasummer more comments → lobstr: Yet rising inversely proportional are the acts of criminal exploitation committed by Canal Street vendors and their flimsy $5 umbrellas. more » DoctorNine: I think the article is misquoted. I have it on good authority that this statistic is only true in Spain. more » miss_msry: No picnics in the rain, therefore no extended families barbecuing in the Park getting Stolyied up and taking offense at years old imagined slights. more » shostakobitch: instances of getting high and playing stratego are at an all time high in fog or sleet. more » GretchenWieners (is praying she passes the bar): Well, Ann Arbor hasn't had a summer either, and last night "several" apartments in my building were broken into. But I'm cool with it, cause the break... more » Perhaps Not: Rain also means that the heat breaks, guys. Comfortable weather = fewer gunshot wounds. more » Colonel Mustard: It's hard to stab somebody and keep your umbrella straight at the same time. more » -
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The Rain Explains Why Fewer People Are Slain
The New York Times conducts its own analysis and concludes that, in New York City at least, more rainy days means fewer homicides. However, given the ongoing depressing Year Without a Summer around these parts, there's no discussion of suicides. More »
