Monsoons

Without this rigor, then we may as well say the purpose of the Monsoons is to pump water over Asia.

Bunny and a Book 2008

In the Indian and China seas, and in many other portions of the great tropical belt, periodical winds, called Monsoons, are found.

The Lieutenant and Commander Hall, Basil, 1788-1844 1862

In the Arabian and Indian seas are winds, which blow six months one way, and six months the other, and are called Monsoons; by the accidental dispositions of land and sea it happens, that in some places the air near the tropic is supposed to become warmer when the sun is vertical over it, than at the line.

The Botanic Garden A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation Erasmus Darwin 1766

Coming from South Carolina, where it knows how to rain, we were bemused when "Monsoons" turned out to be mostly humidity punctuated by a few very welcome brief thundershowers, for a grand total of about 3 inches of rain in 6 weeks.

Archive 2006-08-01 Christine Robinson 2006

Coming from South Carolina, where it knows how to rain, we were bemused when "Monsoons" turned out to be mostly humidity punctuated by a few very welcome brief thundershowers, for a grand total of about 3 inches of rain in 6 weeks.

Monsoons and graffiti Christine Robinson 2006

In the U.S. Lake Mead is ½ empty, the mid west aquifers are well depleted, deserts are spreading in Africa and China, Monsoons are failing around India, and as Himalayan glaciers melt for good the rivers feeding India and Pakistan will shrink.

Crystal balls : The Five Year View Canadian silver bug/Green Assassin Brigade 2009

Monsoons in eastern India have damaged homes and flooded parts of Kolkata, killing at least seven people.

Photos of the Day: June 23 2011

Monsoons, typhoons and drought in Asia this year ruined rice crops, but it appears that rice stocks are little affected.

Severe Weather Has Little Affect on Asia's Rice Market 2010

In the U.S. Lake Mead is ½ empty, the mid west aquifers are well depleted, deserts are spreading in Africa and China, Monsoons are failing around India, and as Himalayan glaciers melt for good the rivers feeding India and Pakistan will shrink.

Archive 2009-10-18 Canadian silver bug/Green Assassin Brigade 2009

Monsoons, already fickle, could play even more truant.

Sunil Sharan: Wake up, South Asia, and Smell the Carbon 2010