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To: Smiling Bob who wrote (11492)	8/10/2007 5:03:08 AM
From: Smiling Bob	Respond to of 19256

Leave it to the Chinese even the weather to be tainted and govt controlled --- China working to make clouds vanish during Olympics 2 hours, 6 minutes ago Chinese scientists are conducting high-altitude tests to eliminate clouds and stop rain spoiling next year's Beijing Olympics, state media reported Friday. Dozens of scientists flew for three hours over Hohhot, the capital of Inner Mongolia in China's far north, on Wednesday, dropping chemical compounds designed to disperse clouds and prevent rain, Xinhua new agency said. The mission was part of a wider scientific research drive to enhance chances of blue skies and sunshine for the Games opening ceremony on August 8 and closing ceremony on August 24, the agency said. The test efforts, which coincided with the one-year countdown to the Beijing Games, were moderately successful, according to Liu Xiaolin, an official with the Inner Mongolia weather control office. "Although the clouds were not as thick as expected and other weather conditions were unfavourable, the drill still collected sufficient data," Xinhua quoted Liu as saying. He said that three planes carrying 30 technicians flew for about three hours within a 80 kilometre (50-mile) radius about 8,000 metres (26,000 feet) above Hohhot. The researchers dropped silver iodide and diatomite, two compounds thought to prevent the moisture forming into rain drops, Xinhua said, adding the chemicals were environmentally friendly. Liu said that while the dispersion technique was not successful in thick or large clouds containing a lot of moisture, it did work in smaller cloud build-ups. Conversely, China has already set up an extensive system that officials claim may be able to make it rain if needed during the Games, such as if a storm is required to clear away Beijing's notoriously polluted air. Twenty-six bases around the city from where rockets and artillery can fire chemicals into the sky to induce rain when clouds are up to 120 kilometres (75 miles) away from the city. August is Beijing's rainy season and the opening and closing ceremonies face a 50-50 chance of rainfall, Chinese experts have said.