I grew up in Southern California, which means I never really had much experience with rain. Yes, during wintertime we’d get the odd rainy day or two, but it never lasted long and it certainly was never violent downpours with lashing winds.
It was always pretty soft and steady. I remember I could take an umbrella with me to run between my car and whichever building I was going to be in, and that was the extent of it.
Eventually, the sun would come out again and all was right with the world. Then, I moved away from California and discovered that rain can sometimes choose violence.
The first time that I experienced a real rainstorm, I was in Dublin, Ireland, and my poor umbrella became an unfortunate victim that got ripped inside out by a giant gust of wind.
Since then, it’s been raincoat season all the way. In fact, you can almost spot the tourists in Dublin’s city center because they’re usually the ones fighting with an umbrella. But I think it can be agreed that the umbrella fight to end all umbrella fights anywhere in the world belongs to the young man in the video below.
The internet was left in stitches after witnessing this guy’s attempt at keeping his umbrella steady during a storm. It was not an easy task that he’d undertaken. The video starts with a group running through a parking lot towards the safety of the building as the rain just pours down.
Bringing up the rear of the group is the guy, umbrella in hand, fighting to keep his grip on it. Several times the umbrella gets ripped from his hand and even several more times he nearly gets blown away with the umbrella.
Several people have commented on the hilarious TikTok, with one person writing, “He got far more wet because he had a umbrella rather than not.”
While someone else added, “Nothing will embarrass you more than an umbrella on a windy day.”
And a third said, “He was fighting for his life.”
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I think we can all agree that he’s probably not going to ever touch another umbrella during a rainstorm again!
What do you think of the video? Have you ever been caught in a really bad rainstorm with an umbrella? What was your experience? Let us know!
