Well, yes we have been talking about the lengths that China is going to keep the Olympics alive and kicking. Here’s more. For the Olympic opening ceremony in Beijing, Chinese meteorologists fired 1000 plus rockets into clouds to prevent rain showers to disrupt the grand sporting affair.
These rockets, filled with silver iodide crystals, were part of the largest operation of its kind in China. It dropped the rain onto other areas of Beijing and nearby Hebei province. Guo Ho, head of the Beijing Meteorological Bureau, said, “A total of 1,104 rain dispersal rockets were fired from 21 sites across Beijing between 4 pm to 11:39 pm that intercepted the stretch of rain belt moving towards the stadium.” He added, “We were compelled to take a step like this because humidity had reached 90 per cent and even a small bubble in the rain cloud would have triggered rainfall.”
Via zeenews