[UA] Weather Modification Office?

[Magnus Lie Hetland]

> China has decided it will not be nature's subordinate, especially  
> when it comes to the country's precious 2008 Olympics in Beijing.  
> During the Summer Games, China's Weather Modification Office  
> (seriously) plans to blast chemicals into the atmosphere so that  
> clouds will dissolve and let the sun shine in. China has long been  
> shooting dry ice into the sky, coaxing water droplets to condense  
> around crystals and rain on its northern regions, where farmers  
> often have to work with dry, infertile land. The Chinese think they  
> can slightly modify this process to dissolve clouds without  
> roducing rain. And if the plan fails and rain falls during the  
> Olympics, at least the evidence won't show up on Google.

(From http://www.seedmagazine.com/news/2006/06/new_notable_62_68.php)

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