Hello list, I have been away and missed this discussion about the Kerala Red Rain. I have had some experience with just such a thing about 16 years ago...
I live in Southern Massachusetts, and in this year (I think it was 1990 or so), the trees in my entire neighborhood (possible 10 or 20 blocks) developed a strange red fungus on the leaves in June/July. It was most prevalent on Elms Oaks and Maples, but it was found on all trees in some degree. It started out as a dusting of bright red powder all over the streets, on sidewalks, porches, roofs, everywhere. When it rained it made such a mess, and it looked as if there was some kind of slaughter going on. This continued for over a month, until the fungus just went away. It did a real job on the leaves of the trees, and left them with leaves that had lots of rot and holes in them. Many of us went to the local tree nursery shops for answers, and they said it was a kind of fungus that only comes around in certain times and conditions, and there was no real way to fight it, since the toxicity of the cure would be worse than the effects of the fungus. Other towns around here reported the same thing. You can most likely look it up in newspapers of that time.... Anyway, My 2 cents. Regards, CharlyV -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 02, 2006 2:01 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected] Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Kerala Red Rain Was From A Comet, Study Suggests Darren G. agreed: >>How do you get a comet raining down material for three months over one city? >>It would have to be geosynchronous (revolving once around the Earth in 24 >>hours so that is always over the same spot). For some reason, I doubt this. >Yeah, I had that same problem with the idea. While it is easy to be critical and even devilishly satisfying to mock this theory, as long as we all agree that we don't agree with the proponents of the comet idea, expend the time in those details? (except Martin, who actually seems to be in contact with the 'researchers' and might influence positively what is going on out there). Still, just because it is an off-the-wall theory that seems to be in obvious trouble, it would take some more scientific explaining to discount the possibility that the mysterious red dust entered the atmosphere and and took a while to settle down as it combined in the droplets. Granted, three months if that is the number sounds crazy, but wind currents and gusts lifting it off the ground bherever it fell is an alternate to flaming them in absentia with the "geostationary" idea. Micrometeorites take a couple of weeks to settle. Saludos, Doug ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.8.1/354 - Release Date: 6/1/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.8.1/355 - Release Date: 6/2/2006 ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
