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HOUSTON, June 14 (Reuters) – An early morning storm soaked Germany and Curacao fans arriving early at the stadium for \u200btheir teams’ World Cup opener on Sunday, sending \u200cthem scrambling for umbrellas, rain gear and — more importantly for some — beer.<\/div>\n
The quick storm caught many unprepared and forced a \u200bpit stop at a store across from the \u200bstadium that saw brisk sales of a fast-dwindling \u2060supply of umbrellas and raincoats.<\/div>\n
“We are here getting \u200ba raincoat and an umbrella for the rain,” said \u200bCaroline Sluys, who travelled with her son to Houston from Curacao for the game. “It is not going to dampen our spirits. \u200bWe are going to be yelling and screaming \u200bbecause it’s the first time Curacao has made it to the \u200cWorld \u2060Cup.\u201d<\/div>\n
While locals mostly came prepared for the fast-changing weather, the sudden deluge surprised a number of fans headed to the stadium where the covered seats offered a \u200brespite.<\/div>\n
Other early-arriving \u200bfans shrugged \u2060off the rain and said they were more concerned with finding a place to \u200bbuy beer because stadium beer sales hadn’t \u200bstarted \u2060yet.<\/div>\n
“We don’t have any rain gear. We are looking for beer,” Leon Baucke, who lives in Munich and \u2060travelled to \u200bthe match with a group \u200bof friends, said. “We are used to it because the weather isn’t great \u200bin Germany.”<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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