Scores die in China snowstorms (some by cloud seeding)

[ensho]

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2009/11/2009111494521293918.html


Scores of people have been killed in China due to heavy snows, some of which were artificially created.

The dead included children crushed when the roof of their school canteen fell in under the weight of the snow.

Thousands of homes have also collapsed and half a million acres of crops have been blighted.

By Saturday, officials put the death toll at 40 in north-central China.

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It estimates economic losses from the storm of 4.5 billion yuan ($659m).

Chinese state media say some of the snow was induced through cloud seeding.

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More than 7.5 million people have been stranded or otherwise affected by the storms.
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wow - wishing them well

were the people warned of the cloud seeding so they could keep roofs clear, keep kids home, etc.? I wonder.

[snagglepuss]

1. Why were they seeding clouds? Why seed clouds when there are crops?

[jwirr]

2. I assume they were hoping for rain?

[Texasgal]

3. I always thought cloud seeding was weird.

Don't mess with Mother Nature...