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Preempting Hailstone Formation To Protect Cars

Makarand writes "Nissan has become the first automaker in the United States to start using a device that suppresses hail formation to protect its fleet of new vehicles from hailstorm damage. The device is a cannon capable of shooting sonic waves upto 50,000 feet in the air to keep hailstones from forming. The device comes with its own weather radar and activates when it detects conditions favorable for hail formation. The device can provide hailstorm protection in an area with one-mile radius by firing sonic waves every five seconds."

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  1. Re:Altering Weather... Great! by shepd · · Score: 2, Troll

    >I'd personally like to thank Nissan for coming up with yet another way to fck up the natural processes on this planet.

    Natural, like a bearded pope, or pedophilia?

    Sorry to break it to you, but daily we change natural processes on this planet. Chaging hail to snow or water sounds like a great idea to me.

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  2. I, for one .... by dameon · · Score: 0, Troll

    .....Welcome our new Japanese Overlords

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  3. Re:They forgot to mention the downside... by Alsee · · Score: 0, Troll

    I wonder if they had one of thses things to protect the Twin Towers from hail?

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  4. In Other News... by JWSmythe · · Score: 1, Troll


    In Other News, Nissan Of North America executives are mysteriously taken away in black vans for possession of "WMD's", after an US Air Force AWACS plane was almost downed after flying over the Nissan plant.

    There were no comments from Nissan, but the U.S. Government cannot confirm nor deny any Nissan executives may or may not be held at what may or may not be a base in the country that may or may not be known as "Cuba"

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  5. Re:In other news... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Haha that is so funny. Innocent, and presumably rare and protected animals, are suffering and dying.

    Asshole.