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Dan Rockwell
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What color is the rain supposed to be?
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Dan Rockwell
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Red rain baffles scientists
August 06, 2002
HANOI: Scientists in Vietnam are baffled why red-coloured rain fell from the skies last week over the central province of Nghe An.
The downpour, which lasted 30 minutes, followed a large whirlwind that swept across the coastal Yen Thanh district earlier in the morning of July 29, said Nguyen Tri Hung, head of the district's agricultural department. "We don't know why it happened or what caused it. It is the first time it has ever happened here," he told AFP.
Around 3000 people living in the area where the red-tinted rain fell were forced to clean out their tanks collecting rain water for drinking, fearing the droplets were toxic.
Water samples have been sent to laboratories in the provincial capital Vinh for further analysis, and results expected within a week.
Agence France-Presse
http://news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,4853361%255E1702,00.html
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Dan Rockwell
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Mon Aug 26, 2002 7:36 am
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Mystery of the scarlet rains and other tales
P K SURENDRAN
TIMES NEWS NETWORK -TUESDAY, AUGUST 07, 2001 12:25:28 AM
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Scarlet rains and vanishing wells are the setting for the monsoons this time in Kerala. Yet, the phenomena have sent scientists scurrying around for answers.
Ironically, instead of providing an explanation for the curious happenings, scientists have thrown up more questions.
After testing the red rainwater in Changanassery and other places, scientists at the Centre for Earth Science Studies (CESS) and Botanic Garden Research (TBGRI) labs have sought answers to four questions:
. Is the explosive sound heard preceding the scarlet showers inter-linked?
. What produced the huge quantity of spores (believed to have made rainwater reddish)?
. How were the spores injected into the clouds?
. If the source is local, how was the mass transported without getting distributed over a large area?
In fact, the CESS scientists have contradicted their earlier explanation that the scarlet rains were caused by a meteor which travelled from "east to west on the morning of July 25 and exploded over Changanassery".
They now say that the coloured rains were caused by fungus.
"The biological study conducted partly by the CESS and partly by TBGRI detected red coloured cell structures, which tentatively have been identified as the spores of some species of fungus," said CESS Director M Baba.
The latest inference is that the coloured rains are a mystery although they have been reports of similar occurrences in other parts of the world.
The scientists have also rejected reports that the rain was accompanied by thunder and lightning. "Lightning does not occur during the southwest monsoons. Lightning is produced from large cumulonimbus clouds which develop only when plenty of humid air is available on the earth's surface. The conditions at the time were not suitable for this. Secondly, people over a radius of around only 1.5 km heard the sound. This is highly improbable," said Baba.
"Therefore, the only possibility is that the sound was actually a sonic boom produced by some object moving at supersonic speed at a relatively low altitude. Since no aircraft is expected to fly at supersonic speeds close to the ground, it is opined that a meteor had approached the area and possibly exploded to produce red colour rain," the CESS director said, expanding on the earlier "meteor theory".
Scientists are also divided on why scores of wells have reportedly been damaged or disappeared and new ones suddenly sprung up. According to one school of thought, these are a warning for impending earthquakes. Others, however, believe that they are a result of underground water pressure and heavy rains.
Similarly, the sudden shrivelling up of leaves in some areas is puzzling the scientists.
Meanwhile, Kerala chief minister A K Antony has asked people to await the results of the scientific probes.
http://www.timesofindia.com/articleshow.asp?art_id=1008083877
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Strange Phenomena Continues In Kerala, India
The Times of India - Aug 6 2001
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Even as scientists are yet to reach any definite conclusion about the cause of the 'red rain' and caving in of wells in Kerala, stranger phenomena like sudden formation of wells and unusual falling of leaves of plants and trees have been reported from the state. In the last couple of months about 175 cases of "well collpase" have been recorded from across the state, baffling the people and experts alike.
In what could be the exact opposite, two cases of natural well-formation have been reported from Kasargode and Thrissur districts, creating panic among the people.
Villagers of Vellimon in Kollam were witness to a strange spectacle when leaves of plants and trees in half-a-hectare stretch suddenly started falling in strong wind and drizzle in the morning. The mystery over `scarlet rain', experienced in parts of central Kerala recently, deepened further as experts from the Centre for Earth Science Studies (CESS), distanced themselves from their earlier hypothesis that the phenonmenon could have been caused by dust thrown off by a meteor burst. They claimed on Saturday that the sample analysis of coloured rain showed the presence of fungal spores. By its own admission, the "tentative conclusions" leave unanswered questions like what could have produced the huge quantity of spores and how they got injected into the clouds.
The chemical analyses of the samples showed the presence of carbon, silicon, calcium, magnesium, aluminum, iron, sodium and pottassium besides significant trace quantities (in parts per million) of phosphurus, titanium, chromium, manganese, copper and nickel. The CESS has discounted the possibility of the well-collapse having any link with seismic activity as feared by the people.
"Bad construction of wells coupled with hydrographic pressures caused by above-normal rains" were cited as main reasons for the well-collapse. Taking the general apprehension into account, the state government had, however, sought central help for an in-depth examination of the phenomenon. The people of Arimbur village were taken by surprise when land slipped and a well emerged at the courtyard of one Thanikkal Jose on Saturday. The well is 22 ft deep with muddy water at the bottom. A similar case has been reported from the homestead of one Sivadas of Kumbala in Kasargode district.
What apparently makes people apprehensive is that many parts of the state experienced mild tremors last year. Before and after the tremors, unusual waves were found in wells in some places, which experts termed as a phenomenon called 'seismic seiches' which has nothing to do with an impending earthquake.
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Dust settles over Kerala's `red rain'
Vinson Kurian
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, July 31
IT'S official. The coloured rain in some parts of Kerala was caused by the fine dust thrown up by a disintegrating meteorite. The celestial body, passing at great speed, deposited the dust in the monsoon clouds, causing the downpour of colour.
Tracing the origin to meteorite dust -- and not the ``washing of dirty linen by Marxists beaten blue and black in the Assembly elections'' as joked by an intrepid Congress Member to the collective amusement of Parliament -- scientists S. Sampath and V. Sasi Kumar, however, said they were still at a loss to explain the loud bang which reportedly accompanied the rain.
According to a Centre for Earth Sciences Studies (CESS) statement, a eastward-bound meteor exploded over Changanassery town in central Kerala around 5.30 a.m. on July 25. The burning meteorite is estimated to have spewed out some 1,000 kg of fine dust into the atmosphere. This triggered a chain of events, involving yellow, green and even black rain in Palakkad, Kottayam, Ernakulam and Pathanamthitta districts. Yellow rain was reported from Chittar in Pathanamthitta district.
The CESS Director, M. Baba, said the initial findings were based on the physical analysis of the sediments found in the rain water sample obtained from Changanassery and information culled from the residents. The chemical analysis, expected to shed more light into the quirky episode, is in progress.
According to available information, the rain was normal on the previous day. But residents were jolted out of their sleep by ``a very loud noise'' in the wee hours of July 25. A few of them also saw a flash of light.
The red showers started three hours later, fading towards the end of the 15-minute spell. The subsequent spell was normal though. According to Baba, the sound of thunder was unusual as thunderstorms do not accompany rains during this time of the year.
Coming as it did after a series of quake-related rumble, collapsing wells, swirls in well waters, cracking walls, fuming hills, sinking earth, floods, landslides and what not, the oddities that befell the verdant greens were such that the State risked being mistaken for the ``odds on country'' over the past seven months.
Scientist teams from leading institutions have been virtually scouring the earth trying to explain the strange happenings by proffering what seem to be largely credible but discomfortingly divergent findings.
The fear of the ground slipping away from under their feet, if not the skies falling on the heads, have rendered the people circumspect and seeking far more reassuring words from the people concerned. The freak developments are a sign of much worse things to come, they fear.
After having heaved a collective sigh of relief that no more such incidents have been reported, the authorities are buying time before they find themselves faced with a truant Nature yet again.
http://www.blonnet.com/businessline/2001/08/01/stories/180125rn.htm
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‘Red rain was fungus, not meteor’
KAMAL GOPINATH NAIR
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, AUGUST 5: The red rain that lashed parts of Kerala last month is eluding explanations as the days go by.
The Centre for Earth Science Studies (CESS) here on Saturday retracted its hypothesis that a streaking meteor triggered the rain.
Everybody had taken that explanation with a pinch of salt because other researchers had spoken of biological contents in the water samples. Yet, the retraction has raised eyebrows about a premier research body’s prudence in making a hurried announcement.
CESS has not only retracted, but tagged a confession: ‘‘This leaves several questions unanswered.’’ The CESS press release was triggered by the chemical analysis of the water samples that showed these were largely biological. Biological studies have identified organic material such as fungal spores in them.
CESS director M. Baba said: ‘‘The exact species is yet to be identified. But how such a large quantity of spores could appear over a small region is as yet unknown.’’
On July 25, Changanacherry town had received the coloured showers overnight that continued into the morning and on till sunset. Some residents collected samples of the rain. They said the shower was accompanied by thunder and lightning.
CESS then collected the samples and tested them. The water was found to be neutral and contained some amount of dissolved salts.
The filtered precipitate was fine and powdery, and this, said Baba, was chemically and biologically analysed.
The chemical analysis showed various elements — including carbon, silicon, calcium, magnesium, aluminum, iron, sodium and potassium. It contained significant traces (in parts per million) of phosphorus, titanium, chromium, manganese, copper and nickel.
The biological study — partly conducted at CESS and at the Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute (TBGRI), Pacha Palode — revealed a red coloured cell structure.
This has been tentatively identified as spores of some fungus species and are now being cultured by the TBGRI. ‘‘The red colour of the rain appears to be mainly because of the spores,’’ Baba said.
These findings, say CESS, raise doubts on whether the explosive sound reported by residents and the red rain were independent events. There are other posers too which remain unanswered:
. What produced the huge quantity of spores ? Is the source local or distant?
. How were the spores injected into the clouds?
. If the source is not local, how was the mass transported without getting distributed over a large area?
By way of an answer, CESS has only this to say : ‘‘While the cause of the colour in the rainfall has been identified, finding the answers to these questions is a challenge.’’
http://www.indian-express.com/ie20010806/nat10.html
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Dan Rockwell
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Mon Aug 26, 2002 8:09 am
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Black Insect Swarm Accompanies Bizarre Events In India
[Original headline: Red rain, black insects, caving wells in South Indian State]
New Delhi, IRNA -- After wells which kept collapsing for last many days the people in the Southern Indian State of Kerala are now baffled with red rain and black insects.
According to the Indian Express, an English daily published from New Delhi, Central for Earth Science Studies (CESS) said in a media release on Tuesday that a meteor have exploded in Changanacherry in the Kerala last week and the burning meteor might have thrown fine dust into the atmosphere, which came down as red rain.
Scientists of CESS in Tiruvananthapuram Capital City of Kerala have also said that the total dust thrown out of meteor is estimated to weight around 1,100 kg.
The chemical analysis which is in the progress would throw more light, of Red-colored water lashed districts of Pathanamthitta, Kottyam, Kollam among other districts in Kerala.
However, there are other hypotheses, including dust being spewed up from earth owing to tectonics activity-though no such incident has been.
There has also been an instance of tiny black insect raining from the sky on Monday according to another report from Peroor, near Ettumanoor in Kerala.
One person from Peroor who first reported the "phenomenon," said the presence of tiny insects in plenty in stagnant rain water. Later, it was seen in the well also. The Black insect rain still remains a mystery.
But the possibility theories are nothing compared to the stories surrounding the mystery of the collapsing wells. Around 150 have crumpled down in various fashions across the state since the second week of June this year, 67 of them during June alone.
The experts put various reasons for well collapsing phenomenon like sudden build up of differential water pressure, type of well lining, lithological conditions, rainfall intensity and recharge and it is also attributed that the collapsing wells are part of the ectonics activity occurring in the part of Western part if the Indian plate (South), spread from Gujarat onwards.
http://www.100megsfree4.com/farshores/nkerala.htm
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Dan Rockwell
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Mon Aug 26, 2002 8:16 am
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Mysterious Red Rain
After three years of study, DHEC has been unable to find the source of the rusty yuck that covers almost everything in Georgetown. Local residents who have been complaining about the pollution from the Georgetown Steel Mill for years think they have a clue.
DHEC's announcement that the mysterious substance was "a type of iron oxide," but that there was no evidence that it came from the mill, was met with laughter from the crowd at the public hearing last November in Georgetown. DHEC has done nothing to reduce the emissions from the steel mill, and the mysterious red rain keeps falling.
http://www.mindspring.com/~scpoint/point/0002/lips.html
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Now this is just plain weird.  First they try to blame the red rain on Halley's Comet and now they tried unsuccessfully to blame it on a meteorite.
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In the Lucerne Chronicles, an early 16th-century illustrated manuscript of civic history, the 1456 appearance of Halley's Comet was blamed for earthquakes, illness, a mysterious red rain and even the births of two- headed animals. That same year, according to popular legend, Pope Callixtus III excommunicated the comet as an instrument of the devil.
http://whyfiles.org/011comets/folklore.html
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Unhappy Trails
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Mon Aug 26, 2002 11:43 pm
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Geez Dan, this is really weird. I wonder if there have been any reports of chemtrailing over that region. According to the article this is still occurring? Surely the fungus spores that were cultured have been identified by now. And from what continent they thrive on. This has sure got an uneasy feel to it. Have there been any reports of illness from the red rain?
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Dan Rockwell
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Wed Aug 28, 2002 5:40 am
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I haven't really found too much information about chemtrails in other countries like India, China and Russia U/T. As for mysterious illnesses, India has gotten its share as well as drought and famine, but no mention of any of the illnesses being connected to the red rain.
Wednesday, September 26, 2001
UP idle as mystery illness kills kids
AMIT SHARMALUCKNOW, SEPTEMBER 25: AROUND 18 children have died from a mysterious illness at the Rae Bareli government hospital in the past 20 days but neither the local administration nor the government has shown any initiative to get the disease diagnosed.
‘‘We have sent blood serum report of the affected children for medical analysis to the Sanjay Gandhi Institute at Lucknow and to New Delhi. So far we have not heard from them. We do not have the equipment here to analyse blood samples,’’R.N. Bhardwaj, Chief Medical Superintendent, Rae Bareli, said over the phone.
He said there had been only seven deaths. ‘‘These deaths had taken place earlier and now no such patient is coming to the hospital,’’ Bhardwaj said. But the toll could be higher as many living in far-flung areas may not have been able to make it to the hospital.
The residents allege government doctors’ apathy has forced them to take their wards to nursing homes. Local Congressmen have linked the health authorities’ apathy to the fact that neighbouring constituencies of Rae Bareli and Amethi have been Congress bastions for long.
They pointed out the government sought an assessment report from the Rae Bareli magistrate only yesterday, a month after the disease first struck.‘‘We have apprised party president Sonia Gandhi about the deaths and the laxity of the authorities. She is coming to her constituency on a three-day visit from September 27.
The issue will be raised again,’’ said Akhilesh Pratap Singh, Congress spokesperson.
Among those who lost their children is Ram Samuj of Nasirabad village. His son Vipin, 12, succumbed to the illness a few days ago. Shiv Prakash of Govindpurmadho lost his 5-year-old daughter, and Moni, 6, of Harkhaspur village too died.
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Sunday, February 17, 2002
Wary Centre dusts off Surat fieldbook...
ANUPREETA DAS
NEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 16: What the mystery disease is—as of now it’s called acute fabrile illness—will be known only on Monday, but the government is taking no chances and is applying the lessons learnt from the Surat experience in 1994.
The disease’s epicentre, Hatkoti, has been quarantined and those infected have been transported to the nearest hospital — PGI, Chandigarh — with the requisite facilities for treatment.
Union Health Minister C P Thakur today said that cultures from the sputum samples of four affected people have shown the presence of bacterial growth. ‘‘However, nothing can be confirmed before the final results come in on Monday,’’ he said...
http://www.indian-express.com/ie20020217/nat8.html
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