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#272365 - 06/18/08 01:30 AM Dispersing clouds.
Elena Sci/Tech Moderator Registered: 07/10/05 Loc: Moscow, Russia	It was constantly said that dispersing of clouds is carried out in an environmentally-friendly manner. It was said that the reagents are AgI, liquid nitrogen and crystals of ice. I believed it until last week a box of concrete suddenly fell out from the sky and made a hole in the roof of the house nearby Moscow. It happened while aviation was dispersing clouds because of Day of Russia. Technologies? I just don’t have any words. _________________________ "It is better to be roughly right than precisely wrong"
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#272367 - 06/18/08 01:57 AM Re: Dispersing clouds. [Re: Elena]
Bad Bird experienced member Registered: 02/17/08 Loc: WA, USA	Originally by: Elena It was constantly said that dispersing of clouds is carried out in an environmentally-friendly manner. It was said that the reagents are AgI, liquid nitrogen and crystals of ice. I believed it until last week a box of concrete suddenly fell out from the sky and made a hole in the roof of the house nearby Moscow. It happened while aviation was dispersing clouds because of Day of Russia. Technologies? I just don’t have any words. OK, I'll bite. What is the rest of the story? Were they using the box of concrete as movable ballast to compensate for off-loading their payload in the air--and it got away from them? _________________________ Bad Bird
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#272369 - 06/18/08 02:09 AM Re: Dispersing clouds. [Re: Bad Bird]
Elena Sci/Tech Moderator Registered: 07/10/05 Loc: Moscow, Russia	They used concrete as a reagent. _________________________ "It is better to be roughly right than precisely wrong"
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#272430 - 06/18/08 04:52 PM Re: Dispersing clouds. [Re: Elena]
Myrddin Sci/Tech Mod Registered: 01/17/04 Loc: Earth, Solar System, Milky Way	Not exactly high tech. _________________________ In varietate concordia - EU motto For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love. - Carl Sagan
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#272432 - 06/18/08 05:08 PM Re: Dispersing clouds. [Re: Myrddin]
Cy_Click Can you hear me now? Registered: 08/08/06 Loc: Minneapolis,MN	I've heard of seedin clouds for rain but not too much of dispersing them for a nice sunny day. Where do they go when they get chased off?
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#272438 - 06/18/08 05:31 PM Re: Dispersing clouds. [Re: Elena]
Bad Bird experienced member Registered: 02/17/08 Loc: WA, USA	Originally by: Elena They used concrete as a reagent. Your use of "concrete" threw me off. Just a translation problem. In English (American English, anyway), concrete=cement+sand+rocks, either semi-fluid or hardened. I take it you meant a box of unhardened dry cement. If they are using cement to seed clouds, I can see your concern. I wonder if you would have to drill holes in the top layer of your dirt in order to plant seeds. _________________________ Bad Bird
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#272481 - 06/19/08 01:12 AM Re: Dispersing clouds. [Re: Bad Bird]
Elena Sci/Tech Moderator Registered: 07/10/05 Loc: Moscow, Russia	Quote: Your use of "concrete" threw me off. Sorry, the powder which being solved with water and mixed with sand produces concrete. Unhardened dry cement? Thanks. Now I know the name of it. Edited by Elena (06/19/08 01:15 AM) _________________________ "It is better to be roughly right than precisely wrong"
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#272490 - 06/19/08 03:43 AM Re: Dispersing clouds. [Re: Elena]
Bad Bird experienced member Registered: 02/17/08 Loc: WA, USA	Hey, your English is much better than most of the Russians (and some from other former Soviet Union countries) living here--and there are a lot! For some reason Seattle has been a favorite destination for immigrants over the last couple of decades. The largest group seems to be from India (Microsoft programmers). _________________________ Bad Bird
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#272495 - 06/19/08 06:13 AM Re: Dispersing clouds. [Re: Bad Bird]
Elena Sci/Tech Moderator Registered: 07/10/05 Loc: Moscow, Russia	There are a lot of Russian programmers in Microsoft as well. That is why they have chosen Seattle. _________________________ "It is better to be roughly right than precisely wrong"
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