From 12-27 November this year,
China hosts the Asian Games in the southern city of Guangzhou.
The weather there is usually sunny this time of the year,
but the Chinese are taking no chances.
China is armed and ready to stave off the
perceived threat of rain to the Asian Games.
Five planes and more than 1,000 rockets have been prepared
to disperse storm clouds that threaten the event, according
to Huang Minhui, spokesman for the provincial meteorological
bureau.
Although most foreign experts consider weather
modification an inexact science at best, Chinese authorities
claim to have scored major successes in the field.
Their
weather modification arsenal includes 6,781 artillery
guns and 4,110 rocket launchers dispersed throughout
the country to shoot dry ice or silver oxide into
storm clouds with the aim of making it rain when and
where needed. |
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Chinese meteorologists say they already
succeeded in keeping rain away from the opening ceremonies
of the 2008 Olympic Games in the capital Beijing.
Their scientists acknowledge a lack of rigorous
testing on the effects of cloud seeding, but information
about the national rain creating program is a tightly kept
secret.
It doesn’t sound like they are worried
about the effects of man interfering with nature.
In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if they are secretly
working on a cooling system to neutralise global warming.
