On America's East Coast, rain that is derived from the Atlantic Ocean typically has a pH of 5.0â5.6; rain that comes across the continental from the west has a pH of 3.8â4.8; and local thunderstorms can have a pH as low as 2.0. Rain becomes acidic primarily due to the presence of two strong acids, sulfuric acid (H 2 SO 4) and nitric acid (HNO 3).
With his political career thriving, Franklin D. Roosevelt accepted the nomination for vice presidentâas James M. Cox's running mateâat the 1920 Democratic Convention. The pair was soundly defeated by Republican Warren G. Harding in the general election, but the experience gave Roosevelt national exposure.
On September 29, John Eisenhower, the son of the former Republican president Dwight D. Eisenhower, endorsed Kerry in the New Hampshire Union Leader newspaper, saying that the Republican Party of today is one with which I am totally unfamiliar.