From the New Jersey Turnpike, the Meadowlands sports complex rises like three sphinxes in the desert...
Carcinogenic fumes are poisoning you.
...and a friend and I were going to a hockey game there. However, we had to cope with a downpour and bad traffic, and got there late, having to park far away.
Run for it! Frigid rain is pelting you!
*cough* Here I go again!
But we eventually settled down and enjoyed the game.