Rain
Since I am in Oman it rained three different times. Once it rained for three days. People are very happy when it rains and call it a gift of god, nothing to complain about. If Europeans start complaining about heavy rain in their countries people here sometimes get angry because you should not complain about gods gifts. As far as I know the water in companies, house and for gardening and even 40% of the drinking water is desalinized water from the see. I feel it is better quality then the water I had in Jordan or Egypt even if the water there is fresh. It is not as bad for my skin. For drinking I still prefer bottled water but for cooking the desalted water is all right.
In my house I have a rather personal problem with rain but as soon as figured out how to solve it temporarily I don’t mind the rain that much. Every time it rains I have to unplug the water pump because its socket is outside the house and if it rains on it the electricity goes off and I have to rearrange the fuses. Yesterday suddenly in the evening it got very dark in the house because it was raining. For me it was suddenly because I did not hear the rain because I was listing to music with my headphones (stereo!). So it got very dark but luckily my laptop was lighting the way to my torch and from there I could deal with it.
Here is an article about water in the area
http://www.timesofoman.com/innercat.asp?detail=32120