Comments on: A Very Strange Rain

By: gblued

gblued — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 22:43:22 +0000

True! Though I have to say that Chile has handled it very well . . . they seem to have been built to withstand earthquakes.

By: Cristina

Cristina — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 20:14:02 +0000

Just take care of your kids’ and your eyes. We get ash and sand all the time, because Santiaguito erupts a couple of times a day.
I guess I’d rather have this, and the occasional 5.7 degree tremor than what Chile got this weekend.

By: gblued

gblued — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:30:01 +0000

I think it’s happened once before, but then it was more ash than sand. It was definitely weird!

By: kbreints

kbreints — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:04:18 +0000

Wow… that is nothing like I have ever experienced! Sand is hard enoughto get out from between your toes– but for it is rain down on your house? Crazy!

By: Leiani

Leiani — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:34:43 +0000

Does that happen often??? It would be a very strange sensation to have sand rain down on you, but pretty cool too.

By: connie

connie — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 10:26:16 +0000

Very strange! I remember experiencing my first sandstorms in Cairo.. the air turned a funny yellow, and you’re right, sand in the air makes a funny hiss. The grit hitting the windows is a strange sound too. Never saw sand as ‘rain’ before, without wind. Cool!