Oh I envy you. Rain? Beautiful rain??? I think I remember rain, it drizzled a couple of months ago (actually torrents of it came down for about 10 minutes), I love the rain!
Hail???? I remember hail from Toronto. I loved hail (but I was little then)...
We are in a drought here, water will soon be rationed on a "need" basis. Lawns will wither, lakes will dry up and all of us will evacuate to the north or east (be prepared)..
Of course we are used to conserving, taking 30 second showers is the norm, I don't even remember staying in the shower longer than that.
I am drying up along with the area. Nose bleeds, skin like an alligator, oy.
I envy you. I hope the Duck gets home safely.
PS If they can send a man to the moon why can they figure out how to share rain???