Hard, pelting rain that seems to want to do everything it can to get into our vehicle.

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There is no verdict from the van drivers whose windows are wound up against the pelting rain.

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The life boats were designed to hold 25 people and had canopies for shelter against pelting rain and winds.

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Then, at about the moment I see the curtain of fog and rain around the next turn, the drops begin pelting the windshield.

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