The Pacific Northwest rainy season begins with falling seeds, not rain

Evidence

The first of the rainy season is not wet at all. Initially, countless seeds fall from the towering trees. This is soon followed by the soft applause of fluttering maple leaves, which settle oh so quietly as a winter blanket for the seeds. But this quiet concert is merely a prelude. — Gordon Hempton, John Grossmann, One Square Inch of Silence- One Man’s…, 28

Categorization

• SEED: The counterintuitive image of a rainless beginning to the rainy season is a lovely nature-writing opening hook.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Gordon Hempton, John Grossmann, One Square Inch of Silence- One Man’s…, 28