Geoengineering a Snow-Free Winter Fails In Moscow

Posted by timothy on Wednesday December 30, 2009 @08:48AM 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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Re:Moscow without snow? by hkz · 2009-12-30 15:43 · 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?