As a child, we are always being told by our parents to stay away and look for cover when it rains. This has been passed on for several years and they were right about it. Rain water is not as pure as you think. As water evaporates into the atmosphere they can also bring viruses and bacteria with them on their way up.
The main thing that our body uses to fight these viruses and bacteria is our immune system. However, temperature drops when it rains and our immunity system weakens when it reaches below the optimal temperature of the body. There are also some factors that causes the our immune system to weaken that makes us more likely to catch disease from rain water or staying under the rain. Which are the following:
Stress.
Being emotionally down.
Poor sleep.
Eating unhealthily foods.
Staying indoors most of the time with no physical activity.
In conclusion, rain doesn't directly you sick. It is the viruses and bacteria that came with it together with your weakened immune system due to temperature drop and the one's I mentioned above.
So, it is safe to go and enjoy the rains once in a while but not for long periods of time since that is when we are most vulnerable.
Some Interesting Rain FactsRain drops aren’t actually drop-shaped. They’re shaped more like hamburger buns!
Rain doesn’t always reach the earth. Their is a phenomenon known as “Phantom rain” which occurs in extremely hot climates. Raindrops evaporate before hitting the face of the earth.
Rain has a smell. Well, technically not really. This smell is produced by plants and bacteria on the ground when rain falls. This smell is called "petrichor".
The place where the least rain happen is not somewhere on the desserts. Instead it is on Antarctica which receives just 6.5 inches of rain or snow annually.
Rain doesn’t start off as rain. Clouds are made of freezing-cold water droplets and tiny crystals of ice. As they fall in the earth, the warm temperature melts them which make them into tiny droplets of water which we then refer to as rain drops.
Not all raindrops are made of water. Some planets have their own version of rain. In Venus for example, the rain is made of sulfuric acid or methane. And would you believe that on a planet 5000 light years away, the rain is consisted of iron!
On average, it takes an approximate of 2 minutes for a rain drop to reach the ground from the clouds.
An inch of rain can measure around 226,000 lbs in an acre of land. A billion tons of rain falls on the earth in every minute!
Oh really.i can't believe.because my mother Always say don't get wet in the rain.thanks for share it.