It rains here on occasion. I can tell that it's about to rain when the sky becomes occluded and the wind picks up. The rain often falls as a drizzle, then a sprinkle, then a torrent, the drops becoming bigger. At first, the dry road is just a little wet but after a time it's soaked. Water runs downward from the peak of my roof on either side into gutters that channel it to the ground. To me, and call me one crazy, ****-******* ******* if you want, pond water, lake water & bottled mineral water are no wetter than rain water. [Several states have legislated that "harvesting" rain water is a crime when you don't own the water rights to your land.]