Monday, January 17, 2011

Scientists claim to create rain in Arab desert

  A secret scientific program to control the weather has seen artificially created storms rain down in Abu Dhabi, says an article posted on Aol News.

Recent reports say Swiss scientists working for the ruler of Abu Dhabi Emirate last year successfully created 52 rainstorms in a usually arid region of the United Arab Emirates, using secret technology.

Most of the storms were created in Al Ain, near Abu Dhabi, during July and August — the height of summer when conditions are usually parched.

The founder of the Swiss company running the project, Meteo Systems International, boasted of the project’s success.

“We have achieved a number of rainfalls,” trumpeted Helmut Fluhrer.

Meteo Systems International, hired by United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan to develop and test the technology, used giant ionizers resembling lampshades on steel poles to generate fields of negatively charged particles.

A statement on the company’s website promoting the invention it has called Weathertec reads:

“Since mankind can no longer take abundant supplies of fresh water for granted, our brightest minds, energy and resources must focus on finding solutions today. For our planet’s future, innovative plans and the most sophisticated technologies are needed both to tackle water shortages that lead to food crises, and to protect the environment by producing more clean, green hydro energy. Therefore, we have both the opportunity — and the moral obligation — to develop, use and invest in these solutions.”
 
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