All the buzz on the TV at the moment.
Miraculously, a huge thunderstorm washed Beijing's smog away overnight, leaving blue skies and astounded reporters.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/beijing_olympics/story/0,27313,24098926-5014197,00.html
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BEIJING can see clearly now the rain has gone. And Games organisers are thanking the heavens for a thunderstorm that washed their worries away. The question now is whether the intervention was divine or human.
The host city was yesterday bathed in glorious sunlight, revealing a skyline that had been invisible for the past week.
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As the world's media converged on a Games city blanketed in pollution, Beijing's leaders were under increasing pressure to take action.
On Monday, the Government announced it was considering drastic measures including shutting yet more factories and sweeping 90 per cent of Beijing's cars off the road.
Then, early yesterday, with a powerful thunderclap, came the downpour organisers were praying for.
There was speculation last night the Government had employed its "weather changing" weapons - rockets loaded with silver iodide that aim to spark sudden, cleansing rainfall.
Talking heads on the idjit box are reporting from China that the rumour is that the much talked about artillery placements are rumoured to be loaded with silver iodide and dry ice.
Miraculously, a huge thunderstorm washed Beijing's smog away overnight, leaving blue skies and astounded reporters.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/beijing_olympics/story/0,27313,24098926-5014197,00.html
Quote:
BEIJING can see clearly now the rain has gone. And Games organisers are thanking the heavens for a thunderstorm that washed their worries away. The question now is whether the intervention was divine or human.
The host city was yesterday bathed in glorious sunlight, revealing a skyline that had been invisible for the past week.
.
.
.
As the world's media converged on a Games city blanketed in pollution, Beijing's leaders were under increasing pressure to take action.
On Monday, the Government announced it was considering drastic measures including shutting yet more factories and sweeping 90 per cent of Beijing's cars off the road.
Then, early yesterday, with a powerful thunderclap, came the downpour organisers were praying for.
There was speculation last night the Government had employed its "weather changing" weapons - rockets loaded with silver iodide that aim to spark sudden, cleansing rainfall.
Talking heads on the idjit box are reporting from China that the rumour is that the much talked about artillery placements are rumoured to be loaded with silver iodide and dry ice.