The summer of 2008 was an unusually wet one for central Alaska.
Even today, the region remains wet for a significant part of year.
November to April is generally dry while wet for the rest of the year.
It would stay wet and cold for nearly another month before the brief, hot summer came.
Too wet for hobbit-folk - let them rest while they are able!
It was the start of the wettest March for 300 years.
"You're wet and wild for me, Mary, just as you always have been."
As things now stand, the global economy will not be submerged, but we're all going to get wet for a long time to come.
And if the clothes were too wet for her mistress to wear in the morning.