Weird thing I noticed is that the rain doesn't feel or smell the same as it did when I was a kid. Maybe I'm just imagining it, but it seems to me that the rain is stickier. Like, it doesn't dry as fast and leaves you a bit sticky when it does.
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A few summers ago I was hiking, and my skin burned from a drizzle. It wasn't just me either. I was hiking alone, but it was the topic of discussion on the trail. When I got home, and told my kids they thought it was just me being sensitive.
To be clear it was burning my skin uncomfortably itchy type of burn. I was wearing a sleeveless hoodie. Only my arms touched the rain, only my arms were burning.
Hey Michalus, reclaimed sewer water has the same effect. I'm sure it's more than just fluoridation fatigue. "Pure" ain't what it used to be.
I prefer the rain to sunburn. I'm always in the rain. It never happened to me before or since. Which isn't exactly great for proving to my kids that it wasn't just me!
Could've been acid rain. Were you nearby a power plant?
I do live near one of those. It was turned off, and it has been scheduled to be turned back on due to high electric bills. I posted an article about this. I think this was before it was turned off! And, I was in a valley hikers call the cloud womb.
The cartoons they used in the 90s to push acid rain propaganda is not real lol. It's just a slight difference in ph that can affect the soil and vegetation, not burn you. Mike's a retard.
I remember the acid rain craze right before the Al Gore movie and "the day after tomorrow.". We all knew even back then as children that it was ridiculous as quicksand.
But something changed in the atmosphere sometime this decade, I'll never forget the day I woke up to a strong chemical smell that made my chest feel heavy and the sky was a deep orange color and there was fog the stung your skin and eyes. Lived here for 40 years and never experienced anything like that. The news said it was "wildfires".