China plans to halt rain for Beijing Olympics

News Type: Event — Seeded on Sat Feb 2, 2008 11:12 PM EST

Article Source: The L.A. Times

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'Weather modification' team will manipulate the clouds in summer to try to keep the open-air stadium dry.

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It is yet another attempt by man to triumph over nature.

Determined not to let anything spoil their party, organizers of the 2008 Summer Olympics said Wednesday that they will take control over the most unpredictable element of all -- the weather.

While China's Olympic athletes are getting ready to compete on the fields, its meteorologists are working the skies, attempting the difficult feat of making sure it doesn't rain on the Aug. 8 opening ceremonies.

"Our team is trained. Our preparations are complete," declared Wang Jianjie, a spokeswoman from the Beijing Meteorological Bureau, addressing a news conference at the headquarters of the Beijing organizing committee.

The Chinese are among the world's leaders in what is called "weather modification," but they have more experience creating rain than preventing it. In fact, the techniques are virtually the same.

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The bureau of weather modification was established in the 1980s and is now believed to be the largest in the world. It has a reserve army of 37,000 people -- most of them sort of weekend warriors who are called to duty during unusual droughts. The bureau has 30 aircraft, 4,000 rocket launchers and 7,000 antiaircraft guns, said Wang Guohe, director of weather modification for the Chinese Academy of Meteorology.

It would appear that weather manipulation is no longer a conspiracy theory. And the Chinese seem to be way ahead of us on this one, at least the stuff that's not classified top-secret.

However, a bill was introduced in 2006 in the U.S. regarding the development of our own program:

Controversial Experimental Weather Modification Bill in US Congress

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Gil Smolin, an Avian Bird Flu expert, noted on the Ron Owens Show on KGO Radio (January 5, 2006), that the flu was spread more quickly in the winter when there was a "lack of sunlight". Would man-made clouds be contributing to the lack of sunlight which might cause the Avian Bird flu to spread more quickly at other times of the year? Experimental weather modification programs could also exacerbate this problem by changing climate patterns, increasing man-made cloud cover, and changing our weather and climate patterns.

Sounds nasty.

I have been seeing those "contrails" or vapor trails for years. Yes, this suggests that weather modification is not just a conspiracy theory.

Here is an interesting vapor trail video:

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#2 - Sun Feb 3, 2008 5:00 PM EST

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That is pretty strange. Definitely multiple aircraft but why is the center on contrail-free? My understanding is that their formation is dependent on atmospheric conditions.

Synthesis had a pretty interesting article on chemtrails not too long ago with some good discussion.

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#2.1 - Sun Feb 3, 2008 5:28 PM EST

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ShaunV

I had the same questions.

Thanks for the link.

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#2.2 - Sun Feb 3, 2008 5:38 PM EST

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China plans to halt rain for Beijing Olympics

'Weather modification' team will manipulate the clouds in summer to try to keep the open-air stadium dry.

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