whatever happened to controlling the weather?

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this was even more u&k than jetpacks!!

― mark s (mark s), Saturday, 28 June 2003 15:56 (twenty-two years ago)

who knows what about where the weather is going (and why)?

― mark s (mark s), Saturday, 28 June 2003 15:56 (twenty-two years ago)

We'll get this and jetpacks once we really reach the real 21st Century rather than this fake one we're supposedly in now. Silver foil jumpsuits too.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Saturday, 28 June 2003 16:56 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.orgone.org/requipment/cbuster/x7c-cbust2.gif

― Rockist Scientist, Saturday, 28 June 2003 17:01 (twenty-two years ago)

I don't care that much about the jetpacks and jumpsuits, but where is my robot maid?!?

― j.lu (j.lu), Saturday, 28 June 2003 17:03 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.forteantimes.com/gallery/images/cloudbuster.jpg

― Rockist Scientist, Saturday, 28 June 2003 17:03 (twenty-two years ago)

kate bush to thread

― stevem (blueski), Saturday, 28 June 2003 17:09 (twenty-two years ago)

the only thing good abt the weather is that we get reports on it, and they are presented by very cute girls.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Saturday, 28 June 2003 22:07 (twenty-two years ago)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/2940430.stm

Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej is to receive a patent for his development of an artificial rain-making technique.

― Sébastien Chikara (Sébastien Chikara), Saturday, 28 June 2003 22:53 (twenty-two years ago)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/2940430.stm

Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej is to receive a patent for his development of an artificial rain-making technique.

it's called the "super-sandwich" technique.

― Sébastien Chikara (Sébastien Chikara), Saturday, 28 June 2003 22:53 (twenty-two years ago)

Didn't they used to control the weather in the old Soviet Union, like when they were having marches they would blow the clouds away or disolve them with salt.

― jel -- (jel), Sunday, 29 June 2003 07:37 (twenty-two years ago)

that's slugs jel

― mark s (mark s), Sunday, 29 June 2003 09:36 (twenty-two years ago)

cloud seeding, dropping silver iodide into clouds to force the
production of rain/snow was invented in 1947 by Bernard Vonnegut.
yeh, Kurts brother. weird family.....

― joni, Sunday, 29 June 2003 09:52 (twenty-two years ago)

does this work and do they still do it?

― mark s (mark s), Sunday, 29 June 2003 09:55 (twenty-two years ago)

Nikolai Tesla to thread.

― Cozen (Cozen), Sunday, 29 June 2003 10:13 (twenty-two years ago)

Or, some people still think it goes on (to engineer disasters aiding the manipulation of biodiversity & warfare) whether this is just the stuff of Conspiracy Theory lore, though, I'm not sure.

― Cozen (Cozen), Sunday, 29 June 2003 10:16 (twenty-two years ago)

Or, maybe, even, "only God can control the weather, let's do a little dance, make a little noise, get down tonight" became "haha Science is one big weather gun, let's shoot it!"

(This may all be boringly obvious, sorry Mark.)

― Cozen (Cozen), Sunday, 29 June 2003 10:20 (twenty-two years ago)

slugs and clouds are pretty similar though!

― jel -- (jel), Sunday, 29 June 2003 11:34 (twenty-two years ago)

cloud seeding still goes on....
look, a private 'weather modification' company!
http://www.nawcinc.com/wmfaq.html
great photos.
start sending for those job application forms now...

― joni, Sunday, 29 June 2003 12:50 (twenty-two years ago)

apparently the russian government were seeding the clouds to stop it raining in st petersberg during their recent celebrations.

― liz (lizg), Monday, 30 June 2003 10:32 (twenty-two years ago)

If you could make it rain, why don't people make it pour down at Wimbledon for two weeks, just leaving that middle sunday free so they can get
a) Cheap tickets
b) Clif Richard singing for no added cost?

― Pete (Pete), Monday, 30 June 2003 10:35 (twenty-two years ago)

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