Ifølge lokale blev den første farvede regn forudgået af et kraftigt tordenknald og lysglimt.<ref name="indiatoday">{{cite web | last = Radhakrishnan | first = M. G. | year = 2001 | url = http://www.indiatoday.com/webexclusive/dispatch/20010905/stephen.html | title = Scarlets Of Fire | publisher = India Today | access-date = 6. marts 2006 | archive-date = 26. december 2004 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20041226194558/http://www.indiatoday.com/webexclusive/dispatch/20010905/stephen.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="timesofindia 20010806">[https://web.archive.org/web/20080919032418/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?xml=0&art_id=1008083877 Mystery of the scarlet rains and other tales] — [[Times of India]], 6 August 2001</ref><ref name="timesofindia 20010805">[https://web.archive.org/web/20021130222422/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?art_id=1263018103 Now wells form spontaneously in Kerala] — [[Times of India]], 5 August 2001 (from the [[Internet Archive]])</ref>
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