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Last night I enjoyed a half hour torrential rainstorm in a long Vermont Country Store pvc yellow slicker. From midnight last night until 6pm today we had about 1.90 inches of rainfall. I think the raincoat I wore last night is similar to a coat that for many years was marketed under the Acadia label. The weather was steamy and humid with several periodic downpours. The women I was with today carried their trenchcoats with them and we all had our raincoats on as needed throughout the day as the skies would periodically open up and pound down their rain.

Although I did not wear my darker blue and dressier version of the same yellow raincoat that I wore last night (I wore a long navy blue gore-tex ll bean stowaway rain parka over my suit), I deeply appreciated that we were all 45 - 50 year old dressed up adults who came not only prepared with our raincoats but appreciated the need for them.

Most of the rain was between 6AM and 8:30AM. I would not have had the privacy to go out and play in the rain early this morning, but I will get pleasure from the imagined sight of the women who must have at the very same time this morning been choosing today's clothing based on accommodating the sultry humidity with short-sleeved dresses. Then they must have looked out the window at the pouring rain and made sure to get their long silky cloth trenchcoats from their closets - perhaps making sure to zip out the insulating liners so they would be prepared as comfortably as possible for more pelting downpours of stifling steamy rain!.

Hi Joe, Where do you come from exactly ?
I have seen some sites that sell Yellow 'slickers' in the states, but hardly any seem able to ship to the UK and even when they do the postage costs nearly the price of the raincoat or more sometimes !

I am quite envious of the lashing rain you've been able to enjoy, the part of the UK where I am has been dry and warm for weeks on end - not something the UK is famous for, but hopefully we will have a few good rain storms at the end of our warm period here.

I spent some time a few years ago in Pensacola in Florida and while I was there I saw some real dark and heavy storms come straight in from the sea, it was wonderful and the people there did not think twice about wearing Yellow slickers out and about in it.
It is quite rare for people over in South Wales to dress for the weather appropriately like you mentioned.

I bought a couple of those classic slickers from Vermont Country Store about 5 years ago and they were definitely made by Acadia. Sadly that line has been discontinued (although they continue to make shorter length PVC raincoats). Let it Rain in Astoria, OR is selling off the last of their stock in women's sizes - the mens' slickers are completely gone.