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Friday, September 2, 2011

Don't rain-dance on my laser beam!

Mother nature would not approve


Scientists in Switzerland have come upon a new idea. Making it rain with laser beams. The old method, called 'cloud-seeding', used dry ice and silver-iodine to get clouds to beef up and fall down in areas that may have needed a good drenching.

 The technology, although very interesting, is very hazardous. First of all, they're pointing lasers into the sky. Never a good idea. Just ask a few pilots and see if they like the thought of being blinded by some pocket-protector wearing scientist working on a 'theory'. Secondly, you just don't mess with the weather.

 I'm never for messing with nature. The more we mess with her, the more she's going to mess with us. Balance is the best thing she does. Why do I refer to nature as a female? Well, her wrath is very woman-like. I've once been 20 feet away from a lightning strike and it felt just like when I've been griped out by a fed-up woman. I survived both instances, but have learned to avoid both in my wiser years.

 So, if you see someone trying to dance for rain, laugh and dance with them. But if you see someone pointing a technological marvel into the sky, slap the device out of their hands and tell them that someone has to pay for their idea of 'helping'.

56 comments:

  1. I agree that messing with the weather is dangerous, but it wouldn't be too hard to avoid hitting planes.

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  2. Really yes, the weather shouldn't be messed with, at all. But I do plan to dance with someone if I see them doing a rain dance lol.

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  3. you think that's crazy, google HAARP

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  4. I would never mess with Nature, there are just things you don't fuck with.

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  5. Interesting, but our world is already so fucked with, and we are already being so fucked by it. How much of a difference could making it rain in an area with a draught make?

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  6. They need to do that in my city!!!!

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  7. people have been messing with the weather for hundreds of years. Atleast now they're making it cool!

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  8. Does it rain when they practice the rain dance?

    Also, I'm all for messing with the weather. We should bring the entirety of nature under our dominion.

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  9. Sounds like something a bond villain would make

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  10. I'm working on an Earthquake creator, does that count as screwing with the weather?

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  11. Sounds beneficial but also dangerous.

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  12. I wonder what they'll come up with next.. not like the Earth is already too damaged.

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  13. Dunno. I mean, yeah, I'm with you on the whole not- messing- with- the- nature thing. But if you need rain and rain's not a- comin', beam that up.

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  14. really crazy the word is just getting dangerous XD

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  15. I make it rain make it rain make it rain on dem hoes.

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  16. Yeah that sounds sketchy at best, surprised they haven't tried something like that in third world countries yet though.

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  17. Although assaild with fortune fierce and keen, Following!

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  18. Interesting idea, but kind of scary.

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  19. Well I'd be pretty mad if someone was pointing lasers at me too.

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  20. lasers should only be used for laser tag and making people laugh at the movie theater.

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  21. Considering the amount of shit we have already gotten us into with mother Nature I think we're pretty fucked regardless. Still no excuse to be playing with lasers though. And I will join in the next time I see a rain dance for sure.

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  22. I´m ok with mother nature, and I want to keep ok with this.
    No lasers, so.

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  23. Crazy scientists and there weather machines!

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  24. haha the last part made me laugh, I will slap it out of their hands(H) But you're right for sure;)!

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  25. dunno about that. sounds like all Red alert 2 to me

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  26. I love scientists. Cooked in a wine sauce.

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  27. Really, going though all that trouble. Just fill up a bucket of water and dump that thing.

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  28. balance is no doubt the best thing she does. Texas could use some rain ASAP

    following

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  29. making rain with laser beams..what next?
    +follow

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  30. I thought she was female based on the 70s butter commercial.

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  31. This is a pretty cool idea actually!

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  32. nice post. great blog
    following

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  33. Grandma always said, rain dancing is all fun and games until someone catches a lightning bolt in the ear.

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  34. Yeah, weather tampering is something thats always bugged me. I never really understood why we want to mess with it, because we all know its a bad idea.

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  35. It would be awesome if it actually worked though.

    Though this opens up tons of opportunities for abuse.

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  36. Pretty cool how far technology has advanced - controlling the weather used to be something out of a sci-fi fiction.

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  37. Interesting blog you have here. +Followed

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  38. hahahaha lasers and smoking oh god where ppl is going now hahaha XD fnny

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  39. They plan to create cancer rain

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  40. Wow, maybe if they shoot enough lasers, Al Gore will be right!

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  41. hai.
    long time ddnt read you article.

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  42. You sir have a good tastes :) I don't dance for rain. I dance in rain :P

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  43. Your post about making it rain with laser beams reminds me of this thingy I read: http://thecomingcrisis.blogspot.com/2011/05/ahmadinejad-says-west-to-blame-for.html
    Ahmedinijad thinks wester countries have developed technologies that prevent it raining in certain areas! Kinda the opposite of what the swiss are proposing!

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  44. 'The more we mess with her, the more she's going to mess with us.' I couldn't agree more. But then again, we humans thinks we're not a part of nature while our tendencies to mess with everything - including ourselves - is a very natural thing for us to do. :)

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