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It hasn't anything to do with that! The wind and rain snuffs out everything, and not just candle light or torchlight. [ this is all based on setting, of course. ] Everything.
It's really suffocating. And sometimes, you have the windows locked to keep it back, but strong winds really don't give a fuck about windows, you realize. It'll blow in anyway.
You can't see starlight or the moon. Nothing. Everything goes away from you and gets swallowed up.