How Weather Modification Works

Stuff You Should Know

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Society & Culture

4.6 • 79.3K Ratings

🗓️ 9 February 2013

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

It began with old-timey guys dropping dry ice on clouds. Since then weather modification was used to keep the 2008 opening ceremonies dry and flood the Ho Chi Minh Trail, but does it work? Learn about weather control plans, diabolical or otherwise.

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0:00.0	There's so much news happening around the world that we're somehow supposed to stay on top of.
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0:32.1	Let's go places.
0:34.2	Welcome to Stuff You Should Know from houseofworks.com.
0:44.1	Hey and welcome to the podcast.
0:45.7	I'm Josh Clark, this Charles W. Chuck Bryant and it's Stuff You Should Know.
0:53.6	Rainy Edition.
0:54.6	Is it raining?
0:55.6	How appropriate that we're doing this one today because it has been raining and it
0:59.0	land up for 40 days and 49.
1:01.1	It seems like.
1:02.1	It really has been.
1:03.1	I've been breaking out the duck boots man.
1:04.1	It's almost never where those kids snuff at right now.
1:07.5	But, wow.
1:08.5	Sure it is.
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