Weather Manipulation

[Facetious]

Somewhat dated article here, however relevant -

Controversial Experimental Weather Modification Bill in US Congress


May 11, 2006


EXPERIMENTAL WEATHER MODIFICATION BILL FAST TRACKING FOR PASSAGE IN U.S. SENATE & HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES



U.S. Senate Bill 517 and U.S. House Bill 2995, a bill that would allow experimental weather modification by artificial methods and implement a national weather modification policy, does not include agriculture or public oversight, is on the “fast track” to be passed in 2006.



This bill is designed to implement experimental weather modification. The appointed Board of Directors established by this bill does not include any agricultural, water, EPA, or public representatives, and has no provisions for Congressional, State, County, or public oversight of their actions or expenditures.



Weather Modification may adversely impact agricultural crops and water supplies. If the weather is changed in one state, region or county it may have severe consequences in another region, state or county. And who is going to decide the type of weather modification experimentation and who it will benefit or adversely impact?



This experimental weather modification bill will impact residents across the United States not just in California. Many current and ongoing weather modification programs (80 listed by NOAA in 2005), including the one in Wyoming that is designed to increase the snowpack, may be diverting rainwater away from Oklahoma and Texas, two states that are currently fighting fires caused by a lack of rainfall. We have no idea what the unintended consequences of the Wyoming action or other experimental weather modification programs might be now or in the future.

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Do you see any irony in this program ? Of course you don't ! We must resort to means of environmentalism - curtailing / restricting our liberties in the remedy of "extreme weather".

 

[SBTNW]

more about the weather manipulation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_control

 

[Friday on my mind]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLrTPrp-fW8

:1orglaugh

 

[Facetious]

See Pic from article :1orglaugh


Key Captions -

Two summers from now, "if rain clouds are headed toward the Olympic stadium, we will intercept them," says Zhang Qiang, a "weather modifier" at the Beijing Meteorological Bureau who will issue the command. "But I can't guarantee the ceremony (will be dry). If there is a big rainstorm, I have no way to stop it."

The U.S. pioneered cloud-seeding in the 1940s and '50s, but the government has cooled on its effectiveness, leaving the field to specialist companies. In China, among the most water-poor nations, the state tries to squeeze every drop from above.

"China has the largest rainmaking (operation) in the world," ahead of Russia and Israel, says professor Wang Guanghe, a 20-year rainmaking veteran at China's Meteorological Sciences Academy. "Each province reports results to us of between 10% to 25%" additional rainfall.

 

[youwanttoshagme]

It was ruled out due to a number of reasons. It is widely acknowledged in academic circles as being a novelty with little use, and little effect. The unknown variables were determined to be too great for potential benefits, and the cost of development was too great for viability. Hence, the project was quietly sidelined and dropped.


Some people still work on similar projects, but from what I can remember reading recently, I think funding has also be suspended. I know the idea of altering hurricanes certainly has.

 

[Supafly]

The Soviets have ever since did this to keep their big military parades dry. The americans and chinese just learned from them I guess

 

[Fresno]

Good read thank you Facetious!

 

[D-rock]

Even if they could actually get it to work I wonder if we even know enough about the climate or weather to properly do something like that. I wouldn't want it to turn into a situation like the children’s' story where the lady swallows the flay and then has to keep eating bigger things to take care of the last thing she ate. It could create just another problem we would have to take care of.

 

[Dixie Dash]

I just don't see that working out really. It would be good if you could stop tornadoes, hurricanes, etc. I would be afraid trying would make it worse or something.

 

[senob44]

I agree. I think this is the type of thing that could get really out of control really fast. As it is, meteorologists have enough trouble predicting the weather. Imagine if we start adding other factors to it.