Comments on: Rain On Demand

By: Yousef

Yousef — Mon, 19 May 2008 17:16:22 +0000

Enigma but there are so many news sources explaining how it works. for exampl USATODAY:

“HOW SCIENTISTS PRODUCE RAIN

China’s state news agency, Xinhua, says government rainmakers flew 3,000 cloud seeding flights from 2000 to 2005 and triggered rainfalls that dumped 275 billion cubic yards. That’s enough rain to fill the country’s second-largest river, the Yellow River, four times over.

Test case
Gutian Reservoir in southeastern Fujian province has reported a 24% increase in rain during the past dozen years of testing.

How it works
Scientists at meteorological centers in major cities monitor clouds by satellite and analyze their content. When conditions are ripe, local rainmaking teams are ordered to assemble. Teams such as Yu Yonggang’s outside Beijing can be at their guns in 10 minutes.

Rainmaking from the ground: Shells are fired from anti-aircraft guns or rocket launchers. An alternative is to burn silver iodide on hilltops. Moisture in clouds collects around the chemical particles until it is heavy enough to fall.
Rainmaking from the air: Aircraft spray the chemical from beneath their wings or fire chemical flares into clouds. Dry-ice pellets are also used. Planes are the most expensive method of rainmaking but can cover a wider area than ground-based artillery.
The arsenal
37,000 people, mostly part-timers in the countryside - farmers and former soldiers.
30 aircraft.
4,000 rocket launchers and more than 7,000 artillery pieces used to seed clouds with silver iodide.

*Sources: Xinhua, Beijing Weather Modification Office, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences”

DVLz hehehehe I suggest somewhere near capri

By: DVLz

DVLz — Mon, 19 May 2008 15:56:12 +0000

we don’t need rain all we need in Kuwait is a something like the great wall of China or mountains around Kuwait. The reason not for beauty but to deflect those sand storms coming from either Iraq or Saudi Arabia. Another solution could be to move Kuwait to a newer location maybe somewhere in the center of bermuda triangle.

By: Enigma

Enigma — Mon, 19 May 2008 13:44:37 +0000

i believe this is a hoax..

By: prof.T.Shivaji Rao

prof.T.Shivaji Rao — Mon, 19 May 2008 13:10:23 +0000

Cloud seeding,an act of worship of Allah by providing more water for mankind
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Meteorologists of Emirates must be treated as holy persons who are intending to provide more rain water which the clouds normally will not give unless treated with chemicals like Common salt ,Silver iodide and ice powder depending upon the nature of clouds and their seedability factors as per guidelines of WMO and other countries like Australia,USA,China and South Africa.For more details see the web: http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-06-29-china-rain_x.htm
http://gitam.edu/cos/env/English-Book.pdf - ::http://www.indiawaterportal.org/blog/index.php/2007/11/16/cloud-seeding/
For more details contact:profshivajirao@hotmail.com.
prof.T.Shivaji Rao.M.S.[Rice,Texas,1962],Director,Environment,Gitam University,visakhapatnam, and
Expert,cloud seeding project of Government of Andhra pradesh.India

By: weather » Blog Archive » Rain On Demand

weather » Blog Archive » Rain On Demand — Mon, 19 May 2008 05:59:00 +0000

[...] Ivan wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt… used planes to sprinkle cloud seeding salts in moist clouds heading towards Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Al Ain, the Emirates news agency said. Cloud seeding is a form of weather modification, used mostly to increase precipitation, … [...]

By: Geoff Pound

Geoff Pound — Mon, 19 May 2008 05:57:51 +0000

Thanks for this post and alerting me to the rainmakers.

I love the look of your web site. Keep up the good work.

I must make a return visit.

Shukran

Geoff
(Fujairah, UAE)

By: Dodo

Dodo — Mon, 19 May 2008 05:44:48 +0000

3ala golat ilgayel: ahal failecha makhallaw shay