Beijing's First Snow Of Season 'Artificially Induced' By Seeding Clouds

AFP:

BEIJING (AFP) - -- Chinese meteorologists covered Beijing in snow Sunday after seeding clouds to bring winter weather to the capital in an effort to combat a lingering drought, state media reported.

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Comments

[Clare53]

Very scary.

[iamwatching]

I can only hope evolution speeds up for the 1950 era scientists. . . 'cloud seeding'. . .man that is myopic thinking. China has embraced our industrial -aged thinking model of 1910 in 2009?

[Crass Innuendo]

They want what we've had, consequences be damned (an attitude they've also learned from us).

[GrizzlyBowman]

Did Hu Jintao use a magazine when he seeded the clouds? I find that I need visual aids when I seed clouds.

[Crass Innuendo]

Snowfall stops a beating heart.

[emerson7]

i'm really not convinced of the science behind seeding...it was probably going to rain (or snow) anyway.

[ontariogirl]

When you mess with mother nature.....she will come back to bite you in the @ss!

[harriettubman]

I was thinking the same thing. I've heard Russia does this too. Man can't leave well enough alone. They're now cloning, producing model babies; gender selection, etc.. Scary...

[oakley9]

The USA is doing this also. Google chemtrails and /or haarp.

[pfc1369]

They began this when I lived in Beijing nearly twenty years ago.

I remember one early attempt when they had it snow three days in a row.

It snows naturally very little in Beijing, and rarely amounts to much.

[queertodaydotcom]

You obviously do not know what real communism is, as the very essense of real communisim is to have shared communal power...

[ChangeurMind]

They most likely used the cheapest source for the snow.... Americo's dollars.

[oakley9]

Not just in China folks. It's happening right now in the USA. What you see up there lingering are chemtrails not contrails? They have been spraying the stuff on us for years. WAKE-UP!

[chedet]

Problem is americans would rather put the blame solely on China. To some people this country can never be at fault. Too them bad things can never happen in america.

[harriettubman]

Or they just never hear about it. There's still lots of secrecy in our government.

[artemisvictrix]

I JUST HOPE THAT THE "ARTIFICIAL CHEMICALS" THAT THEY PUT IN THE CLOUDS WILL NOT CAUSE CANCER IN PEOPLE AND ANIMALS 10 TO 2O YEARS FROM NOW!

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[JohnDust]

It certainly was a beautiful morning to wake up to.

[Bitsko]

Wish the linked article told us how exactly this drought will be minimized by creating snow in freezing conditions?

[Amalek]

Snow is made from water. It turns back into water when the temperature rises above 0 degrees C.

[Ken Maddox]

I'm certainly glad to learn that the low temperatures and high winds didn't drive the clouds into a supersaturated condition. This would have caused snow fall by natural processes and would have spoiled the experiment.

[kyeshinka]

I always thought the point of cloud seeding was to cause rain or snow outside of the main cities, like the Russians always seed clouds west of Moscow so it's always dry during celebrations. This is a new approach. Let's hope the Chinese don't get carried away because this is expensive.

[Amalek]

The people in Beijing believe (probably incorrectly) that the first snow of the season kills all the bugs so you get fewer colds and flu.

It does clear the air. Beijing this morning is bright and sparkling.

[harriettubman]

To kill bugs you need a cold winter over at least 2-3 months. That's why parts of American has West Nile and more bugs if we have a mild winter.

[sja11]

i'm wary of anything that is pumping chemicals into the already shi**y ozone

[Perry Clease]

It is part of their recycling program, they are seeding the clouds with fly ash from the burning of coal to make electricity

[emerson7]

i really hope that's a joke.

[javaz]

Agreed.