Again, Why Does Columbo Wear a Raincoat?

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The average yearly rainfall for Los Angeles is just under 15 inches–about half of what it is for the rest of the country, including several desert states.

And yet Lt. Columbo–does anybody know his first name?–always wears a raincoat. Wears it every day. Why?

Why Did Columbo Wear a Raincoat?

Years ago I thought I had it figured out: Columbo wears a raincoat because he’s an avenging angel. Now I’m not so sure. Would an angel eat all that chili?

Columbo only had to deal with murderers. We need God’s protection now. Protection from the World Economic Forum. Protection from the Godless who mean to be gods themselves. Protection from truly insane and wicked ideas packaged and pitched to us as wisdom. As “smart.”

As for Columbo’s raincoat… Maybe it protected him from something more than rain.