Raining cats and dogs?

Question

I think that statement is a lie.Whaddyou reckon?....If it ever did rain cats and dogs then pet shops would be everywhere to cater for the furry downpours needs,bowls,beds etc...am I right?...you bet yer bippy I am........

Answer 1

Maybe not cats & dogs, but fish and frogs have happened:

Fish

A powerful whirlwind might explain a rain of small fish, but it cannot account for the ones that fell on a village in India. As many as 10 people reported picking up fish that weighed as much as eight pounds that had come crashing down on them.
In February, 1861, folks in many areas of Singapore reported a rain of fish following an earthquake. How could the two possibly correlate?

Golfers dread gathering clouds and a rain that might ruin their game. But imagine the consternation of several duffers in Bournemouth, England, in 1948 who received a shower of herring.

Priests often pray for blessings from above... but fish? In 1966, Father Leonard Bourne was dashing through a downpour across a courtyard in North Sydney, Australia, when a large fish fell from the sky and landed on his shoulder. The priest nearly caught it as it slid down his chest, but it squirmed away, fell to the flooded ground and swam away.

These things don't always happen in a heavy rain. In 1989, in Ipswich, Australia, Harold and Degen's front lawn was covered with about 800 "sardines" that rained from above during a light shower.

This report is most unusual: In an otherwise clear sky in Chilatchee, Alabama in 1956, a woman and her husband watched as a small dark cloud formed in the sky. When it was overhead, the cloud released its contents: rain, catfish, bass and bream - all of the fish alive. The dark cloud had turned to white, then dispersed.

Frogs

In 1873, Scientific American reported that Kansas City, Missouri was blanketed with frogs that dropped from the sky during a storm.

Minneapolis, Minnesota was pelted with frogs and toads in July, 1901. A news item stated: "When the storm was at its highest... there appeared as if descending directly from the sky a huge green mass. Then followed a peculiar patter, unlike that of rain or hail. When the storm abated the people found, three inches deep and covering an area of more than four blocks, a collection of a most striking variety of frogs... so thick in some places [that] travel was impossible."

The citizens of Naphlion, a city in southern Greece, were surprised one morning in May, 1981, when they awoke to find small green frogs falling from the sky. Weighing just a few ounces each, the frogs landed in trees and plopped into the streets. The Greek Meteorological Institute surmised they were picked up by a strong wind. It must have been a very strong wind. The species of frog was native to North Africa!

In 1995, reports Fortean Times Online, Nellie Straw of Sheffield, England, was driving through Scotland on holiday with her family when they encountered a severe storm. Along with the heavy rain, however, hundreds of frogs suddenly pelted her car.

Check out this link:

http://paranormal.about.com/library/weekly/aa082602a.htm

Answer 2

I agree with you there! Was it to rain cats and dogs, someone would sue God for cruelty to animals! never mind GBH because some cats/dogs are so heavy! They would cause injuries.

Don't know the origin of it but it's pouring with rain here today! I have two dogs on teh door step but they didn't come down from the sky! I already had them before it rained so ... Not in my garden!

And if anyone was ever to see cats and dogs come down from the sky? My friend's looking for a Siamese cat so let me know! Just in case ...

Answer 3

it is a lie unless a tornado went over an animal shelter and picked up cats and dogs and dropped them some where

Answer 4

that is saying that means a downpour u r right

Answer 5

i bet you arn't, it is kinda possible! cause it some places it rains frogs. After a hurricane they 'drop bck down so in a REALLY strong hurricane..........who knows????

Answer 6

You made my day by asking this question! Dont know the answer, but good job!! :)

Answer 7

lol ya but its just an ld saying

Answer 8

its a saying if it rains hard