The Chinese government has instructed a weather modification bureau to keep the rain away for its 60th anniversary national holiday, state media have reported.
"Artificial rain reduction" measures will be in place for the national holiday on October 1, the official China Daily reported Monday, citing Zhang Qiang, deputy of the Beijing Weather Modification Office.
Similar actions happened last year during the Olympic Games, when Beijing fired off 1,100 silver iodide rockets to disperse rain on the eve of the opening ceremony. Chinese officials claimed the rockets held off a rain belt that threatened to reach the capital
I thought the above article may be of interest to our weather obsessed country. Perhaps Dover could employ similar tactics for next years events. C'mon Vic get puffing for your kite festival..
