The other day, I was talking to a friend back home, and I mentioned China’s plan to shoot pesky rainclouds out of the sky with rockets and silver iodine. My friend thought I was completely nuts, but it’s not science-fiction, it’s a real plan to keep bad weather from interfering with the Olympics.

North China’s Hebei Province said it will help Beijing keep the weather under control for the 2008 Olympics with 84 rocket launchers to blast threatening clouds out of the sky.

During the Games, an arsenal of rockets and cannons will be arranged on “three lines of defense”, between 15 and 120 kilometers from Beijing, to prevent rain from marring the opening and closing ceremonies.

I wonder if they do weddings.

Via China.Org.Cn