Posted on 09/21/2005 3:01:29 PM PDT by RWR8189
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - An Idaho weatherman says Japan's Yakuza mafia used a Russian-made electromagnetic generator to cause Hurricane Katrina in a bid to avenge itself for the Hiroshima atom bomb attack - and that this technology will soon be wielded again to hit another U.S. city.
Meteorologist Scott Stevens, a nine-year veteran of KPVI-TV in Pocatello, said he was struggling to forecast weather patterns starting in 1998 when he discovered the theory on the Internet. It's now detailed on Stevens' Web site, http://www.weatherwars.info, the Idaho Falls Post Register reported.
Scientists discount Stevens' claims as ludicrous.
"I have been doing hurricane research for the better part of 20 years now, and there was nothing unusual to me about any of the satellite imagery of Katrina," said Rob Young, a hurricane expert at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, N.C., quoted in the Idaho Falls Post Register for Tuesday's editions. "It's laughable to think it could have been manmade."
Stevens, who is among several people to offer alternative and generally discounted theories for the storm that flooded New Orleans, says a little-known oversight in physical laws makes it possible to create and control storms - especially if you're armed with the Cold War-era weapon said to have been made by the Russians in 1976. Stevens became convinced of the existence of the Russian device when he observed an unusual Montana cold front in 2004.
"I just got sick to my stomach because these clouds were unnatural and that meant they had (the machine) on all the time," Stevens said. "I was left trying to forecast the intent of some organization rather than the weather of this planet."
Stevens said oddities in Hurricane Katrina storm patterns underpin his theory.
And, according to his Web site, so does the fact that Katrina and Ivan - the name given to a destructive hurricane that hit Florida in September 2004 - both sound Russian.
Stevens' bosses at KPVI-TV say their employee can think and say what he wants - as long as he keeps the station out of the debate and acknowledges that his views are his own opinion. Bill Fouch, KPVI's general manager, compared Stevens' musings to political or religious beliefs that journalists suppress on the job.
"He doesn't talk about it on his weathercast," Fouch said. "He's very knowledgeable about weather, and he's very popular."
This guy has to get his conspiracy theories right!
And we thought the global warming explanation was silly!
There are many different kinds of conspiracy theorists.
They are all special.
Their thoughts are all valid, and should be listened to sincerely.
And they are all winners!
Someone has been listening to George Noory late at night.
All your Yakuza are belong to Karl Rove.
Lemme put on my Polaris costume and flux flux flux the hurricane down.
sheesh.
I have a coworker who is very convinced that the Russians are guiding the hurricanes at us for economic warfare.
I think George Noory has had this nut job on his show.
All I can say is: "It's a good thing I ordered my Peenman Enterprises Turd-Vaporiser." -General Jameson and I will be fully stocked with plenty of fresh water and piping hot Chili, if you'd care to stop by the bunker, ;>
-I know, I know... I'm not sayin', -I'm just sayin' ;>
Ehrumma, they WERE named Ivan and Katrina!
-What more proof do you need ;>
I know someone that has taken a harsh tone with George over his blatant bush-hatery.
-As expected, Noory takes GREAT pride in his reputation as a Bush Loather, inciter of panic and seer of Shadow Rodents.
Noory, Rather, = Iraqi Information Ministers...
Yeah, but Rita's not a very Russian name! :)
Ah, brings back memories of my youth...Dad, my sister and I, making our own protective headgear. I tell you, those were the days. Yes sir, we lovingly crafted our tin foil hats out of real tin foil, not that cheesy stuff known as Aluminum foil people use these days. Heck, in my youth, had you shown up with anything other than real genuine tin foil on your head, you would have been run off as an imposter and accused of being a commie.
I remember reading Popular Mechanics around the year 2000 when they asked the top 20-50 scientists what they thought the next century would bring. I was surprised and amazed how many of them said man would be able to control the weather. I don't think that means actually making a hurricane, but more in a general sense like moving the jet streams. The Russians were supposedly using Tesla technology and were able to generate localized magnetic fields that would move jetstreams back in the 80s. I remember the drought we had in the 80s in the uppermidwest, the normal jetstream had split right over the drought area. You could see that it was split on all the weather maps. Anyway I still have that PM article I could look it up if you want.
Yes, this storm was created by the vacuum of viewers rapidly leaving MSNBC.
It certainly is. The Reptilians from Zeta Reticuli are anything but human.
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