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Airplanes May Affect Weather Patterns

Posted by timothy on from the such-a-little-thing dept.

blankmange writes "Wired is carrying an interesting piece: '...for three days starting last Sept. 11, meteorological researchers were presented with just such an opportunity when the FAA grounded commercial flights nationwide for three days following the terrorist air attacks. And now it has emerged that the American climate was indeed noticeably different during those three days without air travel.' Seems that what we do on the planet may have more effect than we may ever know."

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  1. Well, great, I say! by msouth · · Score: 3, Funny

    Because that should really decrease the load on the butterflies.

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    Liberty uber alles.
  2. Ultimate excuse ??? by Guignol · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yeah right....
    No really, we do have very precise weather models...
    That supercomputer we made you buy not only gave us a 280 fps boost at Q3A, but it also allows us to predict rain, temperatures very precisely anywhere on the globe for the next 20 years to come with .2% error only...
    We can even predict where lightnings will strike and when...
    It's those damn planes that invalidate everything...
    Of course, we did include them in the model, but neither TWA nor any other airline respects its schedule.. that makes our task much harder...
    Perhaps with an even more powerful supercomputer...