By

Brenley Goertzen,

a writer at the Strategist covering clothing basics and bath and body.

She joined the Strategist as a junior writer in 2022 after interning at the site.

Before moving to the Pittsburgh suburbs, I had no idea that Steel City was considered one of the rainiest in the country. As I’ve learned, it gets sporadic, often intense bursts of rain that always tend to happen just when I’m about to head out to check the mailbox or take my dogs for a bathroom break. I quickly invested in tall Hunter rain boots, and as this site’s authority on clothing basics, I set out to find a sufficiently waterproof coat.