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Moscow to Fight Winter's Snow with Air Force
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:42:51 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: "Sean C. Sheridan" <scs () CampusClients com> Date: October 19, 2009 10:06:17 AM EDT To: dave () farber net Subject: Moscow to Fight Winter's Snow with Air Force Moscow's infamous snowy winter may be a bit tamer this year thanks to its weather-altering mayor. Yury Luzkhov intends this winter he will enlist the Russian Air Force to help disperse approaching clouds that normally drop several feet of powder on the Russian capital. If "very big and serious snowfall" approaches between Nov. 15 and March 15, the Air Force will fly out and spray dry ice, cement particles or silver iodine into the clouds, creating crystallization that leads to precipitation. Moscow's public works chief Andrei Tsybin told the Itar-Tass news agency that the grandiose plan will cost the cash-strapped city about $6 million, but claims it will be cheaper than the $10 million the city normally spends digging out from under the several feet of snow that falls each year. http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/AheadoftheCurve/moscow-fights-snow-airforce/story?id=8859846 ------------------------------------------- Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
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