Walking in the rain

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mar09

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I like walking, and dont mind walking in the rain. In fact, i prefer that to walking on a hot, sunny day. Some time ago, i read that the good feeling outdoors esp in beaches, forests, and near waterfalls are caused by the negative ions around.

What do you think?


... Falling barometric pressure and hot, dry, seasonal winds, such as the Alpine Fohn and the Rocky Mountain Chinook, for example, pack the air with an excess of positive ions. Not everyone is affected; healthy young people swiftly adapt to the change. But countless others are distressed. The aged come down with respiratory complaints, aching joints; asthma sufferers wheeze and gasp; children grow cranky and perverse; crime and suicide rates climb.On the other hand, a preponderance of negative ions spices the air with exhilarating freshness. We feel on top of the world.

Dr. C. W. Hansell, research fellow at RCA Laboratories and an international authority on ionization, illustrates the effect with a story about his ten-year-old daughter. "We were outside, watching the approach of a thunderstorm. I knew that clouds of negative ions were filling the air. Suddenly my daughter began to dance across the grass, a radiant look in her face. She leaped up on a low boulder, threw her arms wide to the dark sky, and cried. 'Oh, I feel wonderful!'"

Negative ions "cure" nothing that we know of, at most afford relief only so long as one inhales them. Many doctors doubt their therapeutic effects. But there is a growing army of people who swear by them.


At the University of Pennsylvania's Graduate Hospital and at Northeastern and Frankford hospitals in Philadelphia, Dr. Kornblueh and his associates have administered negative-ion treatments to hundreds of patients suffering from hay fever or bronchial asthma. Of the total, 63 percent have experienced partial to total relief. "They come in sneezing, eyes watering, noses itching, worn out from lack of sleep, so miserable they can hardly walk," one doctor told me. "Fifteen minutes in front of the negative-ion machine and they feel so much better they don't want to leave."


In Philadelphia Dr. Kornblueh studied brain-wave patterns and found evidence that negative ions tranquilized persons in severe pain. In one dramatic test he held a negative ionizer to the nose and mouth of a factory worker who had been rushed to Northeastern Hospital with second-degree steam burns on his back and legs. In minutes the pain was gone. Morphine, customarily administered in such cases, was never necessary.


https://www.negativeiongenerators.com/negativeions.html
 

peacenik

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I generally enjoy walking in the rain since it gives me a sense of exhilaration. However, last night I got soaked due to a heavy rain that caused the postponement of a baseball game which I attended. But all is not lost as the game was played this evening and I got a chance to watch it.


Bring on the rain!


 
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Mar,

we live in Fla. and just today hubby and I got a chance to feel the power of God's Works -
we walked in the rain and thunder and we came out feeling more alive and closer to Him than ever...:)
the wind and the rain and the thunder and power was especially invigorating!

getting 'older' can give us a deeper appreciation of our Heavenly Father's Power and Might...
 

Rosemaryx

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I love all the seasons, there is beauty in each one and a purpose, but there is something about the rain :) when i am in doors doing nothing and relaxing in bed with a coffee and the laptop, i feel all cozy snuggled up in bed, i sometimes jump up and have the window wide open watching the rain pour down knowing that without it, the beautiful big green trees would die, it`s summer here in the UK, so the rains are really pleasent, the other night the thunder roared, i was under my covers at 3.am saying "Yes Lord i hear you " :eek:...xox...
 

mar09

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I generally enjoy walking in the rain since it gives me a sense of exhilaration. However, last night I got soaked due to a heavy rain that caused the postponement of a baseball game which I attended. But all is not lost as the game was played this evening and I got a chance to watch it.


Bring on the rain!


Maybe you forgot your umbrella? I'd walk in the rain, but not without that, for the rain is very cold! Thanks for the share.
 
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thank you Mar,

actually, it was very 'Spiritual' and very 'nice'...:):)
 

peacenik

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Maybe you forgot your umbrella? I'd walk in the rain, but not without that, for the rain is very cold! Thanks for the share.


Here in Minnesota we get very strong winds. Because of this it is much better to wear a rain jacket rather than have your umbrella blown away. Despite my having the jacket, I still got soaked! Well, at least the grass in this area is greener. :)
 

Desertsrose

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I like walking, and dont mind walking in the rain. In fact, i prefer that to walking on a hot, sunny day. Some time ago, i read that the good feeling outdoors esp in beaches, forests, and near waterfalls are caused by the negative ions around.What do you think?... Falling barometric pressure and hot, dry, seasonal winds, such as the Alpine Fohn and the Rocky Mountain Chinook, for example, pack the air with an excess of positive ions. Not everyone is affected; healthy young people swiftly adapt to the change. But countless others are distressed. The aged come down with respiratory complaints, aching joints; asthma sufferers wheeze and gasp; children grow cranky and perverse; crime and suicide rates climb.On the other hand, a preponderance of negative ions spices the air with exhilarating freshness. We feel on top of the world.Dr. C. W. Hansell, research fellow at RCA Laboratories and an international authority on ionization, illustrates the effect with a story about his ten-year-old daughter. "We were outside, watching the approach of a thunderstorm. I knew that clouds of negative ions were filling the air. Suddenly my daughter began to dance across the grass, a radiant look in her face. She leaped up on a low boulder, threw her arms wide to the dark sky, and cried. 'Oh, I feel wonderful!'"Negative ions "cure" nothing that we know of, at most afford relief only so long as one inhales them. Many doctors doubt their therapeutic effects. But there is a growing army of people who swear by them.At the University of Pennsylvania's Graduate Hospital and at Northeastern and Frankford hospitals in Philadelphia, Dr. Kornblueh and his associates have administered negative-ion treatments to hundreds of patients suffering from hay fever or bronchial asthma. Of the total, 63 percent have experienced partial to total relief. "They come in sneezing, eyes watering, noses itching, worn out from lack of sleep, so miserable they can hardly walk," one doctor told me. "Fifteen minutes in front of the negative-ion machine and they feel so much better they don't want to leave."In Philadelphia Dr. Kornblueh studied brain-wave patterns and found evidence that negative ions tranquilized persons in severe pain. In one dramatic test he held a negative ionizer to the nose and mouth of a factory worker who had been rushed to Northeastern Hospital with second-degree steam burns on his back and legs. In minutes the pain was gone. Morphine, customarily administered in such cases, was never necessary.https://www.negativeiongenerators.com/negativeions.html
Hi Mar,


I've never heard of this. I now want to do more studying because I greatly suffer with pain. Oh what a blessing that would be if it works!


I love the rain. I grew up on the east coast where we had rain all the time. It never stopped me from enjoying out of doors as a child. :) Oh to be a child again. Sometimes my sister and I would go outside and throw our hands up and enjoy the pour!!!......without an umbrella.


I have a friend who passed away about 3 years ago. She and I use to chase storms, rain and snow. It was lots of fun!!! :)


Now in the desert ........ when it does rain I so love it! Sometimes my husband and I go outside and sit to smell the rain, listen to its sound and feel at one with God and his creation. And the birds love song of praise is most beautiful right after the rain!
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notbythesword

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I do quite a bit of hiking on a regular basis and have done plenty of treks in the rain. I don’t mind the rain at all as long as there isn’t going to be a risk of hypothermia due to the temperature. The air smells much better after a good rainstorm. It seems to be a natural way of scrubbing the air of pollutants and toxins.

One thing that concerns me is lightning though. I think that it all too often gets ignored and underappreciated. There are quite a few people out here in Colorado who get struck and killed while hiking in the elements. While I don’t mind the rain, if I hear thunder I take shelter.

As far as barometric pressure is concerned, I do know a guy who has a sports injury and swears that he can feel if a big storm in coming in. The pressure drop can cause some to experience mild inflammation in joints, since joints contain gas that can expand and contract due to pressure changes.
 

JosephsDreams

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One time during my many jogs on the beach in the summer it was clear a storm was brewing. It looked like I had about another 5 to 8 minutes at most before the rain and lightning rolled in. In the summer I generally am ok with running in the rain unless lightning accompanies it. I still had about another mile and a half to run and knew I would not reach that in the next 5 to 8 minutes.
Still I figuered I would push it to the very last minute until I thought it was just unsafe to be on the shore line next to the ocean with lightning coming. We'll nature taught me its better to be safe then struck by lightning. About 40 seconds after I thought I had another 5 to 8 minutes to go the lightning got louder, brighter and closer.
Yet that is not what made me run off the beach at a 4 minute mile pace (not really that pace, but I was moving fast). It was that I SMELLED electricity in the air. I am pretty sure I did not imagine it. It was a clear and crisp smell.
That was the end of that run. I can't recall the last time I got that spooked.
I will never forget that.
We all heard of Sloppy Joes, I was thinking get out of here or I will be a (vegan) FriedJoe.
 
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wwjd_kilden

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Sounds a bit far fetched, but strange things do happen. My mother can feel when there will be major weather changes. (Mostly if it is from good to really nasty weather).

I enjoy walking in the rain if it's not cold, I can go back inside and change my clothes afterwards.
Not quite as fun when it's cold, windy, and you know you've got a couple of hours trek left (or the choice of pitching the tent in the rain)
 
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One time during my many jogs on the beach in the summer it was clear a storm was brewing. It looked like I had about another 5 to 8 minutes at most before the rain and lightning rolled in. In the summer I generally am ok with running in the rain unless lightning accompanies it. I still had about another mile and a half to run and knew I would not reach that in the next 5 to 8 minutes.
Still I figuered I would push it to the very last minute until I thought it was just unsafe to be on the shore line next to the ocean with lightning coming. We'll nature taught me its better to be safe then struck by lightning. About 40 seconds after I thought I had another 5 to 8 minutes to go the lightning got louder, brighter and closer.
Yet that is not what made me run off the beach at a 4 minute mile pace (not really that pace, but I was moving fast). It was that I SMELLED electricity in the air. I am pretty sure I did not imagine it. It was a clear and crisp smell.
That was the end of that run. I can't recall the last time I got that spooked.
I will never forget that.
We all heard of Sloppy Joes, I was thinking get out of here or I will be a (vegan) FriedJoe.
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great share, TY,

WOW! you got to 'smell God's power'...awesome - smelling the rain is easy,
BUT, smelling the POWER that sends it, - awesome...
 
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it's different here, wwjd,

in the 'lower states anyway', we Love our weather and learn to embrace it,
of course unless it is a terrific anomaly, that can often destroy what
many times actually needs destroyed...

by the way, we both, hub and I usually KNOW when the atmosphere changes,
as our windows are OPEN all year round -
and we take precautions as we are led...