Nearby river....
Posted on 10/17/2009 6:54:26 PM PDT by Libloather
Moscow Mayor Promises a Winter Without Snow
By SIMON SHUSTER
Sat Oct 17, 9:15 am ET
Pigs still can't fly, but this winter, the mayor of Moscow promises to keep it from snowing. For just a few million dollars, the mayor's office will hire the Russian Air Force to spray a fine chemical mist over the clouds before they reach the capital, forcing them to dump their snow outside the city. Authorities say this will be a boon for Moscow, which is typically covered with a blanket of snow from November to March. Road crews won't need to constantly clear the streets, and traffic - and quality of life - will undoubtedly improve.
The idea came from Mayor Yury Luzhkov, who is no stranger to playing God. In 2002, he spearheaded a project to reverse the flow of the vast River Ob through Siberia to help irrigate the country's parched Central Asian neighbors. Although that idea hasn't exactly turned out as planned - scientists have said it's not feasible - this time, Luzhkov says, there's no way he can fail.
Controlling the weather in Moscow is nothing new, he says. Ahead of the two main holidays celebrated in the city each year - Victory Day in May and City Day in September - the often cash-strapped air force is paid to make sure that it doesn't, well, rain on the parades. With a city budget of $40 billion a year (larger than New York City's budget), Moscow can easily afford the $2-3 million price tag to keep the skies blue as spectators watch the tanks and rocket launchers roll along Red Square. Now there's a new challenge for the air force: Moscow's notorious blizzards.
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I'm sure the suburbanites will enjoy this...
Can we have a winter without the Obama administration?
/johnny
Yuri, if God had meant Moscow to go without snow in the winter, He would have put it on the Black Sea.
There are so many things wrong with this plan, I don’t know when to start. I’m not a deciple of Mother Nature, but I do have issues with spraying chemicals into the air to stop nature from doing what it’s supposed to do.
If someone had proposed that when I was a kid, there would have been a revolution. No one screws with our snow days.
The unintended consequences are going to be huge, mondboggling and massive.
mindboggling
Luzkhov is gonna be the next Prez. after this massive FAIL.
That said, the Russian Air Force has experience with spraying chemical mists.
Don’t eat the yellow snow.....
Does Coast to Coast know about these Chemtrails?
Mr. Obama when will you stop this silly Saber Rattling with the Russians? It can only lead to M.A.D.
Napoleon’s bones weep at the thought....
Didn’t they have an arrangement like that in Camelot? (”There’s a legal limit to the snow here.”)
Frankly, has any cloud seeding endeavor worked as well as what they are envisioning?
I have no problems with Russians choosing to spray chemicals on other Russians. As long as we’re not the targets, let them go for it.
Good Luck!
signed,
GOD
lol
I’m sure this will be carried out with the same efficiency and success as the plan to divert water from the Aral Sea.
/do I really need a sarc tag here?
Which is what they do in Communist countries.
He sounds PRO-global warming and needs it.
CHEMTRAIL ALERT
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