Looks like there's some sand infused rain on the way to Blighty.

Weird weather ahead as 'blood rain' forecast for Halloweenwww.telegraph.co.uk/topics/weather/96237...t-for-Halloween.html

And from the BBC website yesterday.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20028490

Weird weather is predicted in the UK this week and could include "blood rain"
The section at the bottom of the bbc article contains the following

Should I be getting ready the


Has anyone experienced this weather before? It's a new one for me.

It happens regularly and is nothing to be concerned about beyond it making your car dirty.

I've never seen it happen - maybe it's just certain areas that are prone to it.

Why are physicists 'suggesting' vague things - I thought they were supposed to find out facts about stuff?!?

Surely you've been out to your car, and it's fucked up with rusty coloured residue from the rain the night before

Nope - never.

Your lucky, it's mucky stuff

Never heard of blood rain or seen any, but I'm looking forward to the high temperatres and sunny spells.

Yet my mum just told me she'd heard a forecast today saying the temperature's due to plummet here tomorrow.

Never experienced that type of weather before... but wouldn't mind seeing it/experiencing it so I could say I had.

I doubt you'll need the balloon suit there, never know though...keep in mind, it might be acidic and just burn through that plastic stuff

But it's 2012! Time to up the woo and scrabble around trying to find doom quotes. Where's Steppewar when you need him.

and lo, he said, for there will be rain, he still said
and its was the colour* of blood, best stock up
with light bulbs, said he

I look forward to not melting when it arrives.

Gilly wrote:
That was the bit that caught me out. Nothing says science like a stab in the dark.

Quite! There's less than 2 months to go till DOOM day now, and there's precious little panicking going on at present around here.
It's pathetic.

There were some damned fine panickers on DIF, it has to be said.

There was one regular (4 yrs back this is) who I shan't name (because I don't remember his name) who got in a right state one evening over some perceived threat to humanity which he mistakenly thought was going to occur any second. He was usually calmer, but this time, he was urging all and sundry to get down on their knees and pray with their loved ones, gnashing his teeth & wringing his hands. Very dramatic indeed.

Surely we can muster a soupcon of hysteria between us?

I'll start us off....

HELP!!! Red rain and David Cameron -

Go for it...

we're all gonna die!

Better GIlly?

Omg this is terrible i better get my last ton of gold into my bunker , and then set traps for any poor people that get close to it's entrance

Yes. Much better!

That's more like it!

Let's get all Chicken Licken! Time to paint ourselves white to reflect the blast and start preparing to tunnel underground ala David Essex (a reference for the kids )

I managed to track down Steppe last night to get a quote

I'm always curious when someone is convinced the worlds gonna end in a matter of days why they are still sat at their computer.

hugorune wrote:
G'day Hugorune.

This happens in the outback of Australia mate. Here's a pic I took of a storm blowing in which has red tinges of the dust in it ...


... not the best shot, though admittedly I was a little pushed to get off the dirt road before the storm hit as I was driving a van, not a 4 wheel drive. Ten minutes after that pic above this is what it looked like ...

... and it ended up all sunny again soon after.

oioioi wrote:
Because it's nice and safe tucked away in their Mum's basement.

I AM ALL I AM wrote:
The 1st pic looks like a snap taken by the Mars rover.