Buffalo Boy's Blog

According to this report China used rain dispersal chemicals and rockets during the Olympics to prevent rain from falling in the Bejing area

That is not the first time I have heard this "technology" was considered being used but is it right?

Who are we to control nature? Simply controlling weather to prevent it from happening during an event? I don't care if it is the Olympics its not right and seriously needs to be looked at by the international community as being outlawed.

Its bad enough we are altering climate by the pullutants we throw into the atmosphere as innocent as fossil fuels seemed back 100 years ago or so when they were first discovered as a viable fuel of the future, but now we are intentionally trying to alter the weather.

Have we truly investigated what long term impacts of altering regional weather like this could have on a global scale? What if long term altering or regional rainfall using these chemicals and rockets alters rainfall patterns hundreds or even thousands of miles away?

Think about it, a front or storm system that was meant for the California coast is dispersed by the US for example before it hits because the Super Bowl is being played in an outdoor stadium and the NFL doesn't want it to rain, while that storm system is dispersed for LA, the southeastern US going through a drought doesn't get that rain that was supposed to make its way across the country and give the south eastern states rain the so need. Thats just an example.

Besides that what are those rain dispersing chemicals? Those are going into the air that we breathe....I think it would be nice to know about those chemicals before they are used.

Its scary to think we have this capability. We can control what really should not be controlled by any one species on this planet. We have no right to control the weather. The weather happens for a reason. Rain is necessary, snow is necessary. Even hurricanes and tornados serve some purpose. We have no right to try to control this. No one does. I hope this does not become the norm around the globe. This should be stopped before others try it and it becomes the norm rather than the exception.