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- thenoxx, on 10/19/2009, -0/+46$20 on Moscow just ending up buried in toxic ***** snow.
- drGt1987, on 10/19/2009, -0/+44Moscow without snow is not Moscow!
- westinfunk, on 10/19/2009, -1/+39"The air force will use cement powder, dry ice or silver iodide to spray the clouds from Nov. 15 to March 15"
That sounds just wonderful for my lungs - SkippyDoorknob, on 10/19/2009, -0/+35But on the plus side, all the potholes were filled after the last storm.
- samard2002, on 10/19/2009, -1/+34This can only lead to snow zombies.
- NOD32user, on 10/19/2009, -0/+33Cement powder??
In other news scientists have been baffled by recent downpours of rubble, bricks and slabs of concrete. - inactive, on 10/19/2009, -4/+35Haha, I wonder how people outside the city will feel about this idea.
- acrodev, on 10/19/2009, -1/+20Later plans to dethorn all rosebushes and get rid of those damn blinky stars too.
- nmffffd9, on 10/19/2009, -1/+20cold
- alphaswift, on 10/19/2009, -0/+17If they spent $2M - $3M per year doing this, a major Canadian city would save 10 to 15 times their snowplow budget. As dumb as this sounds, if it worked most Canadian taxpayers would approve.
- Wareznuke, on 10/19/2009, -0/+16In later news: Moscow entrapped in a wall of snow 20m high.
- hootenanny1, on 10/19/2009, -0/+13The article states that the 6m$ required to keep the snow out of the city equals half the usual cost of removing the snow from the streets, etc.
- Dinsdale77, on 10/19/2009, -2/+15If that actually works I'll stop drinking vodka.
- Zaxcomp, on 10/19/2009, -1/+14They do it in America as well.
http://www.weathermodification.org/
http://www.license.state.tx.us/weather/weathermod. ... (specific to my state)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_control - yeeaauuh, on 10/19/2009, -1/+11This would be insanely awesome if it works. Bring it to Chicago. It will be welcomed.
- thecosmicpope, on 10/19/2009, -0/+8Well the system does work, but Moscow gets so much snow that it might be difficult to keep up with mother nature.
Mercedes uses a similar system in Germany. The new cars are stored outside, and when major storms, such as hail, arrive they drop chemicals into the clouds before the storm gets to the storage area. - beloitpiper, on 10/19/2009, -0/+7FTA: "So far the main objection to the plan has come from Moscow's suburbs, which will likely be inundated with snow if the plan goes forward."
- Rudegar, on 10/19/2009, -1/+7In Communist Russia, weather move to you!
- WeberWK, on 10/19/2009, -1/+7IN SOVIET RUSSIA, EFFECT RULES YOU!
- ChiffX, on 10/19/2009, -0/+6Makes me wonder how the snowplow drivers would feel about it. The construction company I worked at this summer had a lot of guys who go down to Toronto every winter to handle the snow situation.
But yeah, being a taxpayer I'd support it regardless. - jrm125, on 10/19/2009, -3/+8Nothing better to do with that money?
And...what's the safety factor on these chemicals? - Navicerts, on 10/19/2009, -0/+5Send a plan up to spray chemicals into the clouds each time there is about to be a storm? Sounds fool proof...
- Rudegar, on 10/19/2009, -0/+5unless the chemicals had nasty side effects
- SisyphusFragmnt, on 10/19/2009, -1/+6***** your face you stupid piece of *****!
- Zaxcomp, on 10/19/2009, -1/+5I can name a few differences. This saves Moscow money in street clearing expenses. This doesn't take place in America. This has nothing to do with false right/left paradigms.
- Zaxcomp, on 10/19/2009, -1/+5Are you calling the US Nazis? We do just as much weather modification here, specifically cloud seeding, and hail prevention. Silver iodide is the exact chemical we use here as well.
Educate yourself: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_control - Zaxcomp, on 10/19/2009, -0/+4Thinking of previous major weather projects that have been successful (China's 08 Olympics, yearly hail prevention projects in the US, yearly cloud seeding rain enhancement projects in Texas) it looks like you'll have to quit drinking.
- Apokalyps2547, on 10/19/2009, -0/+4I thought the Allies were the ones with the Weather Control Device and the Soviets had the Iron Curtain.
*goes back to RA2* - Jascol, on 10/19/2009, -0/+4Because he drinks vodka? Sorry (I must have missed something somewhere) but I don't understand the connection...
- goodlyapple, on 10/19/2009, -0/+4Nothing says Christmas like the words "fine chemical mist".
- anthropodeus, on 10/19/2009, -2/+6Nosnow?
- ECas123, on 10/19/2009, -0/+3He's going to replace the snow with meatballs. A wacky over the top winter will ensue that's sure to please the whole family.
- Elranzer, on 10/19/2009, -0/+3Dude, all you do is troll Obama non-news in stories unrelated. GDIAF
- Homerr, on 10/19/2009, -0/+3Snowcrete
- TacMedic, on 10/19/2009, -0/+3While I don't think this is the best idea, the science isn't that far off...
We do weather modification here ever year during hail season in Alberta to protect crops.
http://www.weathermod.com/projects/hail/alberta.ph ... - StultusJuventus, on 10/19/2009, -0/+3Makes me wonder how the horse manure sweepers, gas streetlight lighters, street gutter sweepers, car handwashers etc feel about their jobs.. oh wait
- MrSteamTank, on 10/19/2009, -1/+3Agreed. Just let it snow from December 15th to just after New Years and I'd be a happy man. 8) Around 3 weeks of snow per year is all I really need. Any more and I start bitching. 8P
- MacBookForMe, on 10/19/2009, -10/+12oh, yeah, and then he'll wake up and realized that he drunk 2 bottles of Stolichnaya vodka, again....
http://www.stoli.com/ - DrNemo, on 10/19/2009, -0/+2Another conquistador of the useless.
- noahgelman, on 10/19/2009, -1/+3*sigh*
- esc27, on 10/22/2009, -0/+2No snow? *Watches as Russia is successfully invaded by Germany.*
- nepidae, on 10/19/2009, -0/+2Major cities save money while ***** over everyone around them. Sounds sane.
- StultusJuventus, on 10/19/2009, -0/+2someone got an answer on health side of this issue?
- golgotha, on 10/19/2009, -1/+2Russians drink Stolichnaya vodka about as much as Australians drink Fosters, meaning practically never.
The hardcore Russian alcoholics can drink the poison vodka that costs about 50 cents a litre. Most know that you gotta spend at least 100 rubles (about $3) for anything not poison. Give me a litre of Diplomat any day. - opticwind, on 10/20/2009, -0/+1Fun story, Kurt Vonnegut's brother was actually one of the earlier designers of storm control systems. True story.
- monkeystick, on 10/19/2009, -0/+1yikes..
http://weeklyworldnews.com/alien-alert/12675/halo- ... - palehorse864, on 10/19/2009, -0/+1In America, you put on chains when it snows. In Russia, WE have no snow!
- theviceroy, on 10/19/2009, -0/+1That sounds like some wacky ass *****, mayor! No snow?!
- mmx2000, on 10/19/2009, -1/+2From the article I thought the $2M was referring to just the parades, or a single day of spraying.
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