UnNews:Unseasonal Precipitation in Kansas and Nevada
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6 May 2014
Kansas City, Kansas -- Unseasonal, extremely heavy precipitation convinced many residents to stay indoors across parts of Kansas, with a downpour of second hand cars which began Monday evening continuing through Tuesday morning. Though precipitation has since tapered off, forecasters predict occasional showers of compact cars along with a light drizzle of bicycles continuing through Saturday, and those who must go out on foot are warned to carry umbrellas.
Experts remain divided on the exact cause of the unusual precipitation, but most agree that heavy thunderstorm action which preceded the vehicular deluge may not have been unrelated to it.
We asked Professor Fooblesnit, Cairo University professor currently visiting at the University of Kansas, about the causes of the unusual weather. He told us he does not believe the claim, often repeated, that the cars were simply picked up by tornadoes and dropped a short distance away. In fact, he said, many of the cars have been right drive cars, and investigators have found that some of the descending models were never marketed outside Australia. That makes the possibility that they were just tossed a few hundred feet seem extremely remote.
We contacted several researchers in Melbourne to ask if anyone had noticed any missing cars in Australia, but all we learned was that Australians are often asleep at 3 in the afternoon (EST) and they are very grumpy when awakened.
Historically, a rain of cars is rare in most of Kansas, though it grew more common in the decades after World War I. In fact, the weather bureau has no record of any vehicular rain at all prior to 1900. Scientists are divided on what might have happened which made it possible for cars to be precipitated in the years since.
There have been other unusual rainfalls in that area, however. In 1837, there was a rain of horses which left a rash of broken trees and some damaged roofs in its wake, and there are Indian stories of it raining buffalo throughout the plains. Professor Fooblesnit gives a great deal of credit to the stories. "Othervize" he said to us, "how vould you hexplain all those buvvaloes out there on the plain? Vhere'd they come vrom, if it vasn't a rain storm? Eh? Vhat more proof do you need?"
