We all talk about the weather, but readable books about it are hard to come
by. Breaking the drought is David Laskin鈥檚 Rains All The Time, a 鈥渃onnoisseur鈥檚
history鈥� of weather in the Pacific Northwest from James Cook to Doppler radar
via Jack Kerouac. Published by Sasquatch, $16.95, ISBN 1570610630.
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