Drudge: Downpour in the Desert

 I found this article via Drudge Report written at the UK's Mail Online:

"The Metro System scientists used ionisers to produce negatively charged particles called electrons. They have a natural tendency to attach to tiny specks of dust which are ever-present in the atmosphere in the desert-regions.

These are then carried up from the emitters by convection - upward currents of air generated by the heat release from sunlight as it hits the ground.

Once the dust particles reach the right height for cloud formation, the charges will attract water molecules floating in the air which then start to condense around them.

If there is sufficient moisture in the air, it induces billions of droplets to form which finally means cloud and rain."


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1343470/Have-scientists-discovered-create-downpours-desert.html#ixzz1A1V2uFu6

I heard recently about Wyoming's recent experiment which caused their environment to have much more snow than normal in an effort to reroute the resulting water to parched Califronia.  It worked beautifully apparently, although a neighboring state complained that they suddenly experienced terrible drought, suspecting the cause was the geo engineering experiment...

Pretty Skies!

Shortly after the persistent contrails over a three day period, (followed by a few days of forecasted clouds & rain)

today we have beautiful, clear blue skies!

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We're pretty sure that this is a sign of global warming though...

*smile*

12-31-10
This is what things looked like on 12-31-10.  This shot was taken in a different area of the backyard because that's where I saw the plane at the time. You can clearly see 
the bright blue ski or what's left of it.  

Taken at 5:22pm

Taken at 5:41pm

Taken at 5:53pm 
You can see a little blue sky left in the upper right corner, but the persistent contrail has created a large, cloud covered area leaving us artificially overcast.