Neither snow, nor heat, nor wind, nor rain...

Can keep chessplayers from playing -



LAGUNA BEACH, CA - Two men take advantage of a break in the rain to play chess under umbrellas along the beach in downtown Laguna Beach. The downtown area was closed by up to 4 feet of storm runoff, which receded but left streets awash in mud. AP Photo/Denis Poroy.

This photo is from Laguna Beach, California, part of California that has been and continues to be pummeted by fierce rain and wind storms.  The same thing has happened from time immemorial, but people are still allowed to build houses on stilts over-looking ocean views, and every year those houses get swept away in landslides and mudslides when the rains come.  But chessplayers near the beach - hey, all is cool.  A typhoon could blow in and wouldn't disturb a fierce game in progress...