Rain is a gift to the soil. It dissolves natural elements in the soil to make them available to be
absorbed by the feeder roots of plants, along with the water, to quench a plant's thirst and hunger.
It fills underground aquifers to be tapped by natural forces and to be drawn out for use on the surface
by animals. Homo sapiens are necessary to do this because they are dominant and capable of doing
so.
As the various absorption methods are satisfied, the excess rain becomes run-off. It flows into natural
drains and collection areas. Eventually, it is absorbed more by the soils and aquifers, evaporates or
flows down to larger drains and larger reservoirs. The Earth's oceans, seas and gulfs are the final
destinations for excess rain.
This run-off to the oceans, seas and gulfs becomes feedstock for more rain. This is a very natural
process and to the best of our understanding is essential to life.
It doesn't seem as if the natural progression of this rainfall journey is to begin by bouncing off of
concrete.
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