UM-Bot Posted February 21, 2009 #1 Share Posted February 21, 2009 Several highways around China's capital Beijing were closed on Thursday after a torrent of heavy snow caused by the seeding of clouds with chemicals."China closed 12 highways around the capital Beijing on Thursday because of heavy snow brought on after seeding clouds with chemicals, state media said on Thursday. All outbound highways were closed in Hebei, the drought-hit northern province surrounding Beijing, after heavy snow fell on Wednesday night, Xinhua news agency said."View: Full Article | Source: Reuters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickyPrescott Posted February 21, 2009 #2 Share Posted February 21, 2009 Several highways around China's capital Beijing were closed on Thursday after a torrent of heavy snow caused by the seeding of clouds with chemicals. "China closed 12 highways around the capital Beijing on Thursday because of heavy snow brought on after seeding clouds with chemicals, state media said on Thursday. All outbound highways were closed in Hebei, the drought-hit northern province surrounding Beijing, after heavy snow fell on Wednesday night, Xinhua news agency said." View: Full Article | Source: Reuters Lol, that's what you get when you mess with mother nature! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larving Posted February 21, 2009 #3 Share Posted February 21, 2009 Lol, that's what you get when you mess with mother nature! What happened was a good thing. To help the draught. Doesn't mean it doesn't scare the hell out of me, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisfreak Posted February 21, 2009 #4 Share Posted February 21, 2009 Lol, that's what you get when you mess with mother nature! "The snow has brought moisture to the soil, which may help end the drought," Guo Yingchun, a senior engineer of the provincial meteorological observatory, was quoted as saying. ... Beijing is enduring its longest drought in 38 years, according to weather bureau records. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExpandMyMind Posted February 21, 2009 #5 Share Posted February 21, 2009 (edited) this is quite amazing really. manipulating weather to be beneficial. Edited February 21, 2009 by expandmymind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickyPrescott Posted February 21, 2009 #6 Share Posted February 21, 2009 What happened was a good thing. To help the draught. Doesn't mean it doesn't scare the hell out of me, though. But still, I don't think that gives us the right to play God. This time, it's heavy snow... what will happen next time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurogawa_ryuu Posted February 21, 2009 #7 Share Posted February 21, 2009 (edited) I don't believe it to be a good idea manipulating weather like that, but then again it can be bad, weather naturally occurs, what happens if you disturb that natural balance. But then again, technically we already are manipulating the weather, by just how bad the pollution is, how much global warming is effecting us. But who knows, I guess in the right hands, this could be beneficial to certain areas of the world, who needs rain and the such. So if some evil genius decides to use this for world domination, we would all probably be screwed. {edit} sorry for saying "but then again" a lot lol. Edited February 21, 2009 by kurogawa_ryuu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helen of Annoy Posted February 21, 2009 #8 Share Posted February 21, 2009 I can’t shake the feeling that this monumental draught they have has something to do with their tampering with weather during Olympics. Since they share planet with the rest of us, their experimenting is more than just annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickian Posted February 21, 2009 #9 Share Posted February 21, 2009 this is quite amazing really. manipulating weather to be beneficial. The moisture has to come from somewhere. Most likely some other region won't get rain/snow now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daimyo Posted February 21, 2009 #10 Share Posted February 21, 2009 To me it seems okay, but than again how much more can mother-nature handle human interference. BTW its time for the CCP govt. to abandon communism and extreme capitalism and go back to Confucius-Daoist thinking and follow the Yin-Yang & five agents concept. You know it could help them avoid an impending ecological disaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExpandMyMind Posted February 21, 2009 #11 Share Posted February 21, 2009 The moisture has to come from somewhere. Most likely some other region won't get rain/snow now. i didnt think about that. is that definately how it would work then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shuriken Posted February 22, 2009 #12 Share Posted February 22, 2009 But still, I don't think that gives us the right to play God. why not ? Has someone forbidden this ? This time, it's heavy snow... what will happen next time? yeah, I'm sure next time those will be burning lightning balls as in wrath of God... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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