Cloud seeding

[dangermows]

Dangerous messing about with ol Mother Nature hew.

Was Dubai's apocalyptic storm SELF-INFLICTED?

By the end of Tuesday, more than 5.59 inches of rainfall had soaked Dubai over 24 hours. An average year sees 3.73 inches of rain at Dubai International Airport.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[Helmerroids]

Can we do it in reverse over here?

 

[REDEFinition]

Can we do it in reverse over here?

Just do it out at sea.

 

[GingerNick]

in fairness its never proved to be reliable in the past...sods law it works when you dont want it to!

 

[HettonSAFC]

18 months of rain in a day

 

[The King of Um]

Dangerous messing about with ol Mother Nature hew.

Was Dubai's apocalyptic storm SELF-INFLICTED?

By the end of Tuesday, more than 5.59 inches of rainfall had soaked Dubai over 24 hours. An average year sees 3.73 inches of rain at Dubai International Airport.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Betteridge's law of headlines: "Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no."

 

[dangermows]

Photos show Dubai overwhelmed by torrential rain — and may expose the downsides of trying to control the weather

The UAE's cloud seeding operations may have worsened flash floods that left roads turned into rivers and planes wading through water on the tarmac.

www.google.com

 

[The Onion Bag]

Can we do it in reverse over here?

You mean a A Baloo Switcheroo?

Fans of TailSpin will understand.

 

[RedandWhiteRebel]

I thought being able to control the weather was a conspiracy theory?

 

[dangermows]

I thought being able to control the weather was a conspiracy theory?

That's just the secret flying earthquake machine.

 

[FatCat2402]

HAARP

 

[WillInSpain]

The Russians employed cloud bursting technology for the Olympics to stop the rain ruining the games.

They used mercury vapour.

 

[lostinfrance]

RAF rainmakers 'caused 1952 flood'

Unearthed documents suggest experiment triggered torrent that killed 35 in Devon disaster.

www.theguardian.com

Old article but it looks like we may have previous.

 

[safcforever]

I see it has advanced from when I was a kid and we done a rain dance

 

[Cockney Mackem]

Have to admit when I saw who the OP was I expected Cloud Seeding to mean something very different

 

[The Onion Bag]

 

[Rizla]

BBC Weather meteorologist Matt Taylor also noted the severe weather event had already been forecast. "Ahead of the event, computer models (that don't factor in potential cloud seeding effects) were already predicting well over a year's worth of rain to fall in around 24 hours," he said.
"The impacts were much wider than I would expect from cloud-seeding alone too - severe flooding impacting large areas from Bahrain to Oman."

 

[Gonzo Mackem]

BBC Weather meteorologist Matt Taylor also noted the severe weather event had already been forecast. "Ahead of the event, computer models (that don't factor in potential cloud seeding effects) were already predicting well over a year's worth of rain to fall in around 24 hours," he said.
"The impacts were much wider than I would expect from cloud-seeding alone too - severe flooding impacting large areas from Bahrain to Oman."

It's facts like these which spoil a good conspiracy.

 

[Cheesy Feet]

Matt Le Tissier knarrs.

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