The state of the atmosphere, to the degree that it is hot or cold, wet or dry, calm or stormy, clear or cloudy.
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Is it possible to make it rain in the desert by burning cactus fields?
The Karl May's book Winnetou III describes Old Shatterhand crawling almost dead trough the Llano Estacado desert. Near perishing, he encounters enourmous field of dry cactuses. Then he burns the cactuses and the heat causes clouds to be formed and…
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Can helicopters safely fly when it is raining?
A November 2018 story that has been recently resurrected in the media was about Donald Trump claiming that he didn't make a visit to the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery near Paris by helicopter because the weather was inappropriate for travel
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Do mobile phones attract lightning strikes if they are not switched off?
I was out on a field trip with another family when there was a thunderstorm. According to the people in this family, I have to switch off my mobile phone during the thunderstorm, because the "waves" emitted by the phone "attracts lightning".
I…
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Is this picture of a man in Colorado Springs nearly being blown away, genuine, or a hoax?
This photo was shared on my Facebook page.
The post was from FOX21 News Facebook News Feed (January 9 2017, 5:20pm): Colorado Springs off Cimarron and I-25, this city worker is doing his best not to get swept up by the wind!
I wouldn't be…
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Does "red rain" contain extraterrestrial cells?
Wikipedia claims that:
The Kerala red rain phenomenon was a blood rain (red rain) event that occurred from July 25 to September 23, 2001, when red-coloured rain sporadically fell on the southern Indian state of Kerala. Heavy downpours occurred in…
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Is it possible to stop a hurricane by nuking it?
To reduce tragedy, loss-of-life and, of course, disaster-relief costs, the idea of somehow stopping a hurricane has been around for some time now.
One of many theories is that a nuke in the coldest spot within a hurricane would heat enough air to…
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Has Longitudinal Wave Interferometry ever been used to alter the weather?
I read about these in a few places,
This article states:
Powers of Longitudinal Wave Interferometers
1 - influence and control the weather,
2 - deviate the giant jetstreams of the upper atmosphere,
cited by Tom Bearden at Cheniere.Org
This article…
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Was Typhoon Haiyan influenced by man-made microwaves?
So this video and other blog posts are making the claim that Haiyan was influenced, started or even straight-up controlled by man-made microwave emissions.
He doesn't cite any sources much beyond his own blog and videos, so it's difficult to even…
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Do changes in weather make people more likely to get sick?
Possible Duplicate:
Is time of the year a factor on the risk of catching a common cold?
I've heard this from my father and I feel like I've experienced it personally, but I can't tell whether or not it's confirmation bias.
The idea is that when…
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Has anthropogenic climate change been disproven?
Some scientists attribute non-terrestrial causes for climate change. Are they correct?
For example, this scientist attributes current weather extremes to solar activity, moon orbit cycles and magnetic connections with astronomical bodies. Can…
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Was Hurricane Irma ever a Category 6 storm?
Is it so powerful that meteorologists made up a "Category 6" for Hurricane Irma?
This claim is attributed to a blog post:
The scale we have right now really never envisioned storms that powerful. In fact, some have suggested that we need to add a…
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