Who needs conspiracy theories when truth is stranger than fiction? If you can think of it, it's probably already being done.
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The Law -
U.S. Senate Bill 517 and U.S. House Bill 2995, a bill that would allow experimental weather modification by artificial methods and implement a national weather modification policy, does not include agriculture or public oversight, was on the “fast track” to be passed early in 2006.
Updates:
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Weather_Modification_Research_and_Technology_Transfer_Authorization_Act_of_2005http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h109-2995http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_control-------
Ongoing projects and research -
International Workshop On Weather Modification Technologies and Symposium on Natural Disaster Management
27 – 29 June 2008,
ASC Auditorium- JNTU, Kukatpally – Hyderabad.
Mother earth is unquestionably warming and the ensuing multiple threats are real as many of the Scientists and Technologists are warning for quite some time. Most of the heads of the Governments and decision makers have understood the horrors of climate change and its linkage with international conflicts and scope for human tragedy. The Fourth Assessment Report of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has mentioned clearly the distressing nexus between climate change on one hand, and the consequential environmental catastrophe, economic doom, natural disasters like droughts and floods, regional upheavals, and national and international security, on the other hand. In this particular background, efforts for understanding the threats of global warming and finding the opportunities through integration of technologies and adoption of advanced management practices are needed.
The issues related to global warming and climate change are multidimensional and as such multidisciplinary platforms are required to formulate guidelines and methodologies for implementation. As such a platform in the form of an International Workshop and a Symposium is created to discuss two apparently interrelated topics pertaining to climate change via Natural Disasters and Cloud Seeding. The International Workshop on Weather Modification and Symposium on Natural Disaster Management are organized as ICORG activities. ICORG series viz International Conventions on Geoinformatics is being organized on various themes related to Natural Resources and Environmental Management during the last 15 years at regular intervals.
The event consists of a Workshop on Weather Modification Technologies and a Symposium on Natural Disaster Management during June 27-29th 2008 at Hyderabad. The event is being organized at JNT University, Kukatpally, Hyderabad jointly with Rain Shadow Area Development Department of Government of Andhra Pradesh and Indian Meteorological Society, Hyderabad Chapter.
Weather Modification is the treatment of individual clouds or storm systems for the purpose of achieving a beneficial effect without harming people or the environment. The most common intended effects of weather modification include precipitation increase (rain and /or snow), fog dispersal (visibility improvement) and hail suppression. The tools of Satellite Meteorology, Radar Technology, Cloud Dynamics, Environmental Chemistry, Flare Technology, Numerical Modeling Techniques, Statistics, Fluid Dynamics and Spatial Information and Communication Technologies have provided excellent scope for research and development and operational implementation of Weather Modification Technologies. It has been well established that successful implementation of Cloud Seeding resulting in precipitation enhancement has significant positive beneficial impact in managing the issue of global warming and climate change. India has a long history of operations for weather modification and the experiments carried out for 11 years by IITM are the most significant studies during 1990s.
As such the Government of Andhra Pradesh, in its earnest desire to provide reasonable amount of water for augmentation of the upland and rain-fed area agriculture activities through rainfall enhancement has funded the operations significantly from 2004. The operations carried out during 2004-07 have yielded valuable data, significant results in terms of scope and identification of technologies for enhancement of rainfall, development of methods for validation, understanding Physics and Chemistry of hygroscopic seeding and cloud dynamics. The international workshop is expected to cover some of these themes.
Natural Disaster Management is one of the most important tasks being evolved today by integrating the tools of information and communication technologies for management of various disasters like Floods, Droughts, Earthquakes, Hailstorms, Landslides, Tsunami, Avalanches, Cyclones, etc. The economic losses are increasing in recent years from natural disasters. The present total global damages are more than 55 billion US Dollars as per WMO, compared to 35 billion US Dollars in 2001 itself. The economic impact is still rising can be attributed to increasing population and substantial increase in the infrastructure vulnerable to natural hazards. The Symposium is expected to highlight the areas prone to various types of disasters and review the management measures for possible implementation by the disaster management authorities. The following are the themes proposed to be discussed during the workshop as well as the symposium.
Themes of the Workshop on Weather Modification Technologies (Cloud Seeding)
Cloud Dynamics in Tropical Weather
Microphysical Cloud Measurements
Cloud Seeding Techniques
Flare Technologies - Developments
Space Technologies in Weather Modification
Themes of the Symposium on Natural Disaster Management
Tropical Cyclones
Floods and Droughts
Earthquakes and Tsunamis
Landslides and Avalanches
Aviation Hazards
Urban Hydrology
Space Technology for Disaster Management
http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:eqqyma9v8gkJ:www.jntu.ac.in/events/workshopwmt.doc+Texas+weather+modification+program,+climate+change&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=7&gl=us---------------------
Boston Globe Article 2005:
Don't like the weather? Change it.The weird science of weather modification makes a comeback
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2005/07/03/dont_like_the_weather_change_it/Denver Post 2008:
Scientists Aim: Alter The Weatherhttp://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_9019726----------------------------------
Other programs and sources:
Texas Weather Modification Program:
http://www.license.state.tx.us/weather/summary.htmStatement on
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WEATHER MODIFICATION ASSOC.
http://www.weathermodification.org/--
JOURNAL OF WEATHER MODIFICATION -
http://www.weathermodification.org/journal.htmhttp://www.weathermodification.org/downloads/22-INDEXALL_1to36_2005.pdf--
Weather Mod Inc.
http://www.weathermod.com/--
From JAWRA - Journal of the American Water Resources Asscociation -
ABSTRACT: Weather modification is being proposed as a routine method of augmenting agricultural water supplies in the Southern Great Plains. This paper discusses some of the potential hydrologic impacts of weather modification. Previous work in assessing hydrologic impact is covered; the conclusion is drawn that the work is insufficient. An approach based on hydrologic models is suggested that can consider uncertainties about the effect of weather modification on rainfall and some uncertainties about the effect of model error on impact conclusions.
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1752-1688.1975.tb00687.x?journalCode=jawr-----------
Okay so HERE is a possible 'conspiracy theory' if you still need one:
As far-fetched as this subject may seem, leaders in the elite global establishment have intimated the existence of this technology and its capabilities. In 1970 Zbigniew Brzezinski published a book titled Between Two Ages. Brzezinski is one of the founding directors of the Trilateral Commission. In this book he said, "Technology will make available, to the leaders of major nations, techniques for conducting secret warfare, of which only a bare minimum of the security forces need be appraised…Technology of weather modification could be employed to produce prolonged periods of drought or storm."
Further confirmation of the Western power elite’s interest in weather modification was revealed in an article which appeared in the September 12, 1989 edition of the Washington Post. This article reported on the 1989 Tokyo conference on global environment. The president of the World Bank, Barber Conable, who is also a Trilateral Commission member, gave a speech in which he outlined the long-range goals of the one world elite. In this speech he said, "while higher temperatures may cause ‘a number of natural disasters,’ they might also warm cold and unproductive lands in the north into productivity."
There is very good evidence that the one world group and the Soviets have been jointly involved in weather modification over the Northern Hemisphere since the early 1970s. In 1971 it was alleged that the U.S. and the Soviets started cooperating in secret weather modification projects. One such project was named POLEX, Polar Experiment of the Global Atmospheric Research Program, and another in 1973 was called AIDJEX, the Arctic Ice Dynamics Joint Experiment. It is purported that these experiments involved attempts to melt the polar ice cap. Other U.S. projects such as Nile Blue and Climate Dynamics involved the changing of the arctic ice pack. There was even an article in the December 16, 1980, edition of the New York Times discussing a joint U.S.-Soviet project involving the transmission of ELF waves from Antarctica designed "to interfere with the earth’s magnetic field."
http://twm.co.nz/wxwar.html
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