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Geoengineering a Snow-Free Winter Fails In Moscow

Posted by timothy on from the anthropogenic-warming-is-hard dept.

dinoyum writes "Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov's promise of a winter without snow in the capital city has fallen short. While cloud seeding is not a new concept for Russia, often used on major holidays, geoengineering snow has never been done to that magnitude. Carrying off the $6 million procedure required jets to spray silver iodide into coming clouds, ensuring that all precipitation fell before it reached the capital. However a combination of disrupted radar, wind control, and faulty weathermen have been blamed by Luzhkov for his failed attempt at playing with mother nature. For now, Russia can go back to enjoying snow."

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  1. "Faulty weathermen" is a bit redundant by ShaunC · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I didn't think they came in any other variety.

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    1. Re:"Faulty weathermen" is a bit redundant by siride · · Score: 3, Insightful

      They typically do really well, actually. People just remember the abject failures and overgeneralize.

  2. Re:good job russia? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    seems weird they would be messing with cold weather precipitation cycles while the rest of the world is up in arms about the effects of global warming...

    Groan. And time for... yet another idiot confusing weather and climate.

  3. Re:Madness by qoncept · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Really? A lot of people hate snow and would presumably be more than willing to go without. Myself included. Unfortunately, living in a tiny town just west of a larger city, if this were to ever happen I'd probably be a little unhappy.

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  4. Re:Moscow without snow? by demonlapin · · Score: 3, Insightful

    What's right-wing about dissing the French? English-speaking nations have been doing it since AT LEAST 1066.

  5. Re:Moscow without snow? by Sloppy · · Score: 2, Insightful

    That's what's right-wing about it: it's old and safe. I would give an example of left-wing dissing, but I can't think of any groups that haven't been dissed.

    Alpha-Centurians, maybe? Naah, Douglas Adams already did it.

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  6. Re:Moscow without snow? by hkz · · Score: 4, Insightful

    And to think their refusal to validate the UN resolution against Iraq because of doubts about the intelligence (which was the direct cause for all the vitriol against the French in the past few years like the "Freedom Fries") turned out to be *completely justified*. Who's the funny guy now?