When you’re in the middle of a drought, you don’t need a cloudburst. It doesn’t give the water time to sink in, and it’s more likely to create a flood than it is to help you grow anything. What you want is a steady stream of rain, so that it can soak in and saturate the ground.
In the middle of the second period of Monday night’s game against the Vegas Golden Knights, the Dallas Stars experienced a five-minute cloudburst. Like a farmer waiting months for rain, they dropped everything, rushed outside, turned their faces skyward, relishing the feeling of moisture on their skin.