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Scientists Create 52 Artificial Rain Storms in Abu Dhabi Desert
Time ^ | January 3, 2011 | Josh Sanburn

Posted on 01/03/2011 7:10:43 PM PST by grundle

Hail, lightning and gales came through the state's eastern region this summer thanks to scientist-puppetmasters.

As part of a secret program to control the weather in the Middle East, scientists working for the United Arab Emirates government artificially created rain where rain is generally nowhere to be found. The $11 million project, which began in July, put steel lampshade-looking ionizers in the desert to produce charged particles. The negatively charged ions rose with the hot air, attracting dust. Moisture then condensed around the dust and eventually produced a rain cloud. A bunch of rain clouds.

On the 52 days it rained in the region throughout July and August, forecasters did not predict rain once.

While fascinating, this is not the first time scientists have attempted to mess with Mother Nature. China has been tinkering with cloud seeding for years, not always successfully.

But the idea that countries in the Middle East could actually create rain in this water-poor region could go a long way to solving the area's problems with drought and is considered to be cheaper than desalination. But how controllable the weather can be is still in doubt, and the consequences of meddling with nature at this level are yet to be seen.

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1 posted on 01/03/2011 7:10:48 PM PST by grundle
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To: grundle

Ah, it’s all in the consequences.
That moisture would normally go some place else gnu?


2 posted on 01/03/2011 7:14:51 PM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: grundle

This is bad, and must be stopped. The resulting clouds and rain could help COOL the planet, leading to the exposure of Global Warming as a scam.

THIS MUST BE STOPPED. Billions of dollars in government grants, redistributive economic justice, and tax confiscations are at risk.


3 posted on 01/03/2011 7:15:54 PM PST by tcrlaf (Obama White House=Tammany Hall on the National Mall)
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To: grundle

So this is how President Bush created Hurricane Katrina./s


4 posted on 01/03/2011 7:19:08 PM PST by cajuncow
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To: grundle

The rain destroys the spice.


5 posted on 01/03/2011 7:22:35 PM PST by Cisco Nix (Real Conservatives stay sober and focused)
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To: cajuncow

Gilligan did it with jetpack washed up on the island back in the 60’s.


6 posted on 01/03/2011 7:26:43 PM PST by wally_bert (It's sheer elegance in its simplicity! - The Middleman)
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To: grundle

Does ANYONE believe that Muslim inbreeders (more than half of all Muslims are married to their first cousins) are smart enough to figure out how to manipulate the weather?


7 posted on 01/03/2011 7:28:47 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Islam is the religion of Satan and Mohammed was his minion.)
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To: grundle

So...I guess we don’t have to worry about global warming anymore? We can look at manmade disasters and ocean levels rising by the hand of man?


8 posted on 01/03/2011 7:29:58 PM PST by SueRae (I can see November 2012 from my HOUSE!!!!!!!!)
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To: cajuncow
"So this is how President Bush created Hurricane Katrina./s"

He used more than this technique.

He was able to trick the Black people to stay in New Orleans and then directed the hurricane right where they were.

Everyone saw it.

He just hates Black people.

9 posted on 01/03/2011 7:35:47 PM PST by blam
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To: tet68

No different from damming a river out west to provide local irrigation at the expense of those downstream..


10 posted on 01/03/2011 7:38:43 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: SueRae
"We can look at man made disasters and ocean levels rising by the hand of man?"

Humans are mostly water. If it weren't for us how high would the ocean levels rise?


11 posted on 01/03/2011 7:41:26 PM PST by I see my hands (How's that ballot box working out for you?)
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To: Paladin2

Abu Dabi turns into a garden of Eden and India turns
into the Sahara? I don’t think the Indians will like
that a bit.

Oh my god, now it’s agoing to be all about
Manmade Global Wetting!!


12 posted on 01/03/2011 7:43:21 PM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: Cisco Nix

Shai-hulud


13 posted on 01/03/2011 7:49:01 PM PST by A Strict Constructionist (Oligarchy...never vote for the Ivy League candidate.)
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To: Cisco Nix

Has the sleeper awoken?


14 posted on 01/03/2011 7:52:42 PM PST by aliquando (A Scout is T, L, H, F, C, K, O, C, T, B, C, and R.)
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To: tcrlaf

Creation of artificial rain will cause global DRYING, maybe even a new DRY AGE.


15 posted on 01/03/2011 8:05:52 PM PST by RipSawyer
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To: aliquando

... it seemed the proper way ...


16 posted on 01/03/2011 8:06:23 PM PST by ThunderSleeps (Stop obama now! Stop the hussein - insane agenda!)
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To: grundle

Maybe the mystery of Obama;s muslim campaign contributions is solved? Perhaps some technology was traded?


17 posted on 01/03/2011 8:08:12 PM PST by Some Fat Guy in L.A. (Wanna learn humility? Become a Pittsburgh Pirates fan!)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

“Does ANYONE believe that Muslim inbreeders (more than half of all Muslims are married to their first cousins) are smart enough to figure out how to manipulate the weather?”

Another article on Drudge (can’t find the link now) says that they hired Swiss engineers to design it.


18 posted on 01/03/2011 8:13:39 PM PST by garjog
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To: RipSawyer

Water is the cause of all our disasters.


19 posted on 01/03/2011 8:20:56 PM PST by Dallas59 (President Robert Gibbs 2009-2013)
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To: Paladin2
Dams in CA were built for flood control, not water control. Before the dams the valley used to flood almost every year, levies didn't work well enough. There were years when people were able to row between Stockton and Sacramento.

That said, they have since become a tool for screwing over the farmers and the consumers of food in CA.

The fact is, it isn't the dams that are bad, it is the people we put charge of controlling them who are bad, in other words, politicians.

20 posted on 01/03/2011 8:32:12 PM PST by calex59
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