Can weather be used as a weapon?

Vincent J. Schaefer during those early experiments conducted for the G.E. Research Laboratory: “Rainmaking” or weather control can be as powerful a war weapon as the atom bomb, a Nobel prize winning physicist said today.

When was the first weather machine made?

Weather Machine

Can the military alter the weather?

The United States prohibits weather modification without permission of the United States Secretary of Commerce.

Did it rain in Vietnam for four months?

Popeye was a five-year program designed to seed the clouds and extend the monsoon season in Vietnam. The heavy rain season was already six months long, drenching the country in May through October.

Is Ultima Weapon a primal?

The Ultima Weapon is a biotechnological, anti-primal war machine created by the Allagan civilization ages ago that was placed in stasis deep beneath what would later become Ala Mhigo.

Can you seed a hurricane?

The use of cloud seeding to alter a storm was not a new idea — in fact, a weather modification program known as Project Cirrus accomplished the first cloud seeding of a hurricane back in 1947. However, instead of using silver iodide, this project experimented with dry ice as a method of seeding.

What are the disadvantages of cloud seeding?

Risks or concerns like unwanted ecological changes, ozone depletion, continued ocean acidification, erratic changes in rainfall patterns, rapid warming if seeding were to be stopped abruptly, airplane effects, to name a few, may just not be bad enough to override the imperative to keep temperatures down.

When did the Weather Channel start?

The Weather Channel launched on Sunday, May 2, 1982. Programming began with an introduction to the channel by Batten and Coleman, which led into an inauguration ceremony that launched the channel’s first official broadcast at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time that evening, anchored by meteorologists Bruce Edwards and André Bernier.

When did CATV first start giving continuous weather reports?

Prior to the channel’s launch, the original concept for providing continuous weather reports to the public over television stations stretched as far back as the late 1950s and early 1960s on the varying incarnations of CATV.

What was the first long-form program on the Weather Channel?

The first long-form programs debuted on The Weather Channel at the beginning of 2003, with Storm Stories becoming the first program that was not weather or a documentary-type special. Also in 2003, the “Live By It” campaign was refreshed slightly.

When did the Weather Channel change its slogan?

In May 2001, TWC launched “Rays Awareness”, an initiative focused on sun safety, in conjunction with the Centers for Disease Control and American Academy of Dermatology . On June 25, 2001, The Weather Channel introduced completely redesigned introductions for its local forecast segments and forecast programs, as well as a new slogan (“Live By It”).