Just... insane

Okay, so I get that rain is not very common in the desert (it has rained approximately four times since I got here three months ago). And I also understand that I'm coming from another country where the inhabitants are used to seeing rain at least a couple of times every week.

But seriously, this fixation for water coming from the sky is ridiculous.

In the global news society we have today, where the current happenings on the other side of the world are just seconds away thanks to CNN, I cannot believe that the headline news on the local NBC-channel was "We had rain today in Arizona!"

There are wars going on, people starve to death, people escape floods and diseases are spreading all over the world. Every day, scientists make amazing discoveries, new inventions pop up everywhere and people's lives are saved thanks to the heroism of others.

But no, none of this is as worthy of being headline news on NBC as "We had rain today!" Un-be-liev-able.

Then again, carwashes around here make it known that "if it rains within four days of your carwash, you get another carwash for free!"

The world is... sometimes rather odd.