Acid rain between Jan 20 to Jan 28-Is this true or a rumour?

I have been told for the longest time that the rain that pours down in California was not safe to drink or shower in, but I never believed it. I went outside in the rain today and nothing bad happened to me.

I didnt hear anything about this in the news. I would have to guess that it's either we are not up to date about these kind of things, or we're just not affected by it. It is a rare thing for rain to come in these days but we just never know when it is gonna come. So I would still be cautious if ever rain would come in those dates that you've mentioned. Ill also try and keep a watchful eye if there is any news about this in our locality. Thanks for the information. Prevention is better than cure anyway.^_^

Thanks, I'll try to look for any information pertaining to this. But if anything, I'd say it's best to not get wet in any rain at all, because it can cause flu. Thanks for this thought, it's already Jan 20th, hmmmmp..

It is real news to me .until now I did not hear about the acid rain .Oh god it saounds so treacherous .God forbid such a horrible deed .

Hello Kala...Oh no this is all nonsense..There are many myths associated with the various eclipses and this is another one of them. I cannot understand how there can be chemical rains after the eclipse....You know some school kids here were telling that their grandparents/parents actually told them that the solar eclipse was caused when a snake (Ketu) swallowed the moon and spit poison...But on watching the solar eclipse LIVE these children said that they got the chance to see and understand the truth with their own eyes....

well, i do not known anythings about this and thanks for your infomation. but basically i dont believe this but we have to prepare. most sceintific prediction is not 100% real. it is just prediction. may be and may be not. anyway, be careful for that period.

I have never heard of that before, but the fact is that acid rain does not hurt people's skin. It only harms our environment, slowly over time. It might kill fish and frogs if they live in it a while, but there is no danger of bathing in it or getting wet while taking a walk. In fact in some parts of the world acidic water is used on purpose as a disinfectant and to help plants thrive. I personally use a water alkalizer, reserving the alkaline water for cooking and drinking and using the acid run-off for facials and to nourish my thriving plants. Of course my acid water does not contain pollutants because I filter it before putting it through the process. Acid rain, by contrast, could over time endanger certain plants. Here is an informative write-up about acid rain done by a teacher: http://www.epa.gov/acidrain/education/site_students/whatcauses.html

I have no idea about the recent solar eclipse causing this acid rains. May be it is true, or may be not. As you said we can be a little more careful on that, it does not cost us anything, so thanks for sharing the information Kala.

I don’t know anything about acid rain and I have not heard that solar eclipses can bring it on. It may just be superstition. I Googgled acid rain and indeed there is such a thing; it is rain that is contaminated by acid in the atmosphere and can be quite damaging to the environment...Something to do with sulphur and nitrogen pollutants. I learnt something new today...

Sounds like an internet prank or whatever it is called. There has been no such reports in news. Besides what is the relation between solar eclipse and acid rain?

acid rain has nothing whatsoever to do with solar eclipses. i think enemy of the empire has given you a detailed answer above.

i never heard about this acid rain before and i think it is rumor like the prediction of 2012

This is the first time i got this information before that i don't aware of this ,i think in point of view it will never happening because,acid rain is just rum-our this is not true ,they just tell fake information about these,especially i don't have trust in this ,and this my view about acid rain.

I first time hear about acid rains. Is such rainy happened earlier. It is really remarkable. Then which part of the world such rainy would happen?

Hi Kala, I have not seen the news (sorry dear I am irregular on reading news paper) and don’t have any information about the same. But I remember there was some red rain in Mumbai last time when solar eclipse occurred. Earlier Kerala also received some red rain and it shows anything may happen. Here we are facing severe winter and there is no sign of rain (we received rain last week and it dipped the temperature again). So I think we can’t ignore it completely, there may be some variations in the atmosphere due the eclipse. After all Sun is the base and all living things are much depended on SUN.

kalav56 I think this is really pretty stupid in that if there was such a chance it would be put on the news. here in southern California its raining heavily all week but have not seen anyone who complained of having acid rain on them or being hurt .where do these silly things get started? I am going to snopes this as its just too absurd to my way of thinking. I will comment back. soon.

Well as far as I know acid rain can't happen without Sun's energy and light so I would say its a rumour..Its hot there? Here we are waiting for the winter to end as it has become almost unbearable! WIll search if anything as such has been forecasted though..Thanks for informing.

i dont know about this and really no idea. but if it will be true , we have to be careful and not to go out???

i reading it 1st time on ur post only.i never heard that there gonna be acid rain after solar ecllips.i think it happens becoz of pollution in atmostpher.