I don’t know how well this comes through, but it is pouring here, with a lot of thunder, and the temperature is 54 degrees F in Riyadh according to my weather app. I had to turn the heat on in the house – the first time in 13 months here!

This isn’t unusual for this time of year, but every time it rains here, it’s a shock to me. Actually, the embassy has a lot of flooding in its housing because there’s no drainage to speak of, and there are always a lot of traffic accidents due to flash floods and the fact that people don’t have much experience driving in wet conditions.