Comments on: The Chinese "Weather Manipulation Missile" Olympics

By: trux

trux — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:02:13 +0000

One such goverment around? You must be joking, James. Practically all governments use lies, deceiption, mind control, media manipulation, and similar techniques to push their propaganda. And that includes governemtns in "democratic" countries as well. Faked child singer is the last I would mind in China, and especially not when they are openly admitting it.

As for clouds seeding – that's indeed nothing new. The technology goes back to the beginning of the 20th century. Soviet communists used it routinely for example at national holidays or communist congresses to clear up the sky, giving so the events happier atmosphere. See more about cloud seeding for example in Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_seeding

By: James

James — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 07:34:10 +0000

Reading about the chinese government making decisions makes me uneasy.

Like, read this article:

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/08/12/oly.kids/

I read about governments like this in textbooks. It baffles me that one is still around today…

By: Philip

Philip — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:29:30 +0000

The Hydro Electric Commission in Tasmania Australia has been using cloud seeding to help fill their water storages in western Tasmania, with their experiments starting in 1964. Their cloud seeding program has been ongoing over most of their catchments at every opportunity since 1998. The Tasmanian midlands, Derwent Valley, south east and east coast, which are all downwind of their catchments are now in severve drought. We have had more drought years in the last 10 years than we have had average years. We no longer get above average rainfall years. A large percent of our trees have died which studies have show to be mainly due to lack of moisture.
The Tasmanian Government who own the HEC claim that any seeded clouds will keep raining all the way to the east coast and that cloudseeding does not effect rainfall downwind, I can guarentee that this is bulls**t as once the cloud has lost all of it's moisture, the area downwind largely miss out. This is what the Chinese have done before the cloud band has reached Beijing. I read on another website that a city south west of Beijing received 100mm (4in) on the night of the opening ceremony. Cloud seeding is very dangerous as while it may increase rainfall in one area it may reduce it in another. Although in this case it appears as it may have been for a good cause.
If anyone has anymore info on negative effects of cloud seeding please email me
philip@guilford.com.au

By: jonathan

jonathan — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:19:53 +0000

Isn't it harmfull to the environment?

By: Ell Jay

Ell Jay — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:09:33 +0000

The most concerning part is that apparently any schmoe with a pick-up truck is qualified to launch these missiles, according to the accompanying picture…

By: alan

alan — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:32:26 +0000

I would like to order 10 rockets with extra strength hurricane repellent please.

By: btw

btw — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 02:40:16 +0000

The "Westernization" of China is in full bloom. That cute little singing girl was lip-synching to the vocals of another girl who wasn't quite cute enough for the opening ceremony.

By: AmunRa

AmunRa — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:24:17 +0000

I believe that people should leave the weather alone, this world has enough climate problems as it is. What we don't need is for humans to make a mess of thing even more then we already have. Tampering with the natural weather patterns and cycles. Just let the weather do what it does.

By: Dark Gnat

Dark Gnat — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:55:53 +0000

I see very little hard evidence that it actually works.

Communist vanity at it's best.

By: Aodhhan

Aodhhan — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:52:29 +0000

Now the opening ceremony is over, I believe they are letting it rain. Allowing the rain to clear out the smog which plagues so much of the industrial areas of China.

By: Paul Eaton-Jones

Paul Eaton-Jones — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:46:59 +0000

Watching a small part of the cycling road race it looked as though the rain wasn't really diverted from Peking at all. Also the BBC Olympic studio seemed to be in the middle of a monsoon. The authorities there might have faked the singing and fireworks but they couldn't do it with the rain.

By: Jamie K

Jamie K — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:13:35 +0000

Cool. Where do you sign up for the job of firing the AA gun?

By: David R.

David R. — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 11:16:47 +0000

Who says conspiracy theories are dead?

By: AndyF

AndyF — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 10:53:01 +0000

"let alone a lightening," – or lightning perhaps?

By: mr. bill

mr. bill — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 02:49:45 +0000

Interestingly, Herman Khan predicted that weather manipulation would eventually be used on this mass scale in peace and in warfare (though he predicted by 1975).

By: quantum_flux

quantum_flux — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 02:27:15 +0000

Wahoo! Score one for the olympics!