Coming and Going

Squalls have been passing at close intervals these past days. The long
El Nino drought is over in Pohnpei. An interesting phenomenon here in
this great anchorage is the beautiful sound of the tropical rain coming
and going. Before squalls reach Carina, they pass across the peninsula
on which Kolonia, the main settlement, sits. Immediately on shore to
our east is the Kapingamarangi village nestled in dense jungle. Rain
coming sounds like the echo of a rushing stream and we hear it while we
are still dry. Then comes the pulsating pounding of rain on the bimini
and cabin-top and the whir of the wind generator. As the squall moves
west, we hear the torrent climbing the slopes and soaking the jungle of
Soken's Ridge to our west. Rhythmic. Life giving.



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