Whoops. (but consider the mitigation due to a day or so of no driving) :>) CHINA: State-manufactured snowfall closes 12 highways (02/20/2009)
Chinese officials were forced to close 12 highways in the drought-plagued Hebei province around Beijing after artificially "enhanced" clouds dropped heavy snowfall, the state-run news agency said. The clouds were seeded by 313 cigarette-sized capsules of silver iodide shot into the sky, a procedure to increase the clouds' ability to retain moisture. On the bright side, officials expect the snowstorm to help bring an end to Beijing's longest drought in 38 years, according to weather bureau records. "The snow has brought moisture to the soil, which may help end the drought," Guo Yingchun, a senior engineer in the provincial meteorological observatory, was quoted as saying. In all, 12 outbound highways were shut down, including one linking the capital with Shenyang, capital of the northeastern Liaoning province (Nick Macfie, Reuters <http://in.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idINTRE51I10X20090219> , Feb. 19). --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To post to this group, send email to geoengineering@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to geoengineering+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
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