The rain doesn’t let up

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A few days pass and the rain hasn’t stopped. Now what? Kimmy is bored out of her mind. She can’t go outside because it’s downpouring. Everywhere it’s flooded. She decides to open her tablet to play some candy crush games.  

After playing the games for an hour or so, Kimmy decides that she has had enough of crushing candies. She goes into the kitchen and grabs a lollipop and then goes back to her tablet to see if she can find any articles on how to stop the rain.

She types how to stop the rain from falling and she sees ‘mantra to stop rain’. After clicking on a couple of articles Kimmy realizes that she needs to find another solution. Then she clicks on how can I stop the rain?, and that brings up a bunch of songs about rain.  

Kimmy has now finished her lollipop so she throws the stick in the garbage and realizes that she should have made lunch instead of having candy. She grabs a handful of fishies and goes back to her tablet.  She decides to give Google one more chance and this time she comes up with something. 

‘A US company says it has invented a powder that can be used to remove clouds from the sky and even stop the development of hurricanes.  The researchers believe that the new product may be of use in areas of the world, which are susceptible to extreme weather conditions. BBC Science reports.

Imagine a world where we could stop the rain from falling or break hurricanes down into manageable chunks. According to researchers in America this world may not be far away as they have used a special powder to soak up the rain.

Detailing their results in the journal the New Scientist, the Florida based company called Dyn-O-Mat describe how they used a military aircraft to drop four tonnes of its powder onto a developing storm cloud, 1,600 metres long and more than 400 metres deep.  Once the powder fluttered through the sky, the cloud disappeared from the radar screens that were monitoring the experiment. 

Officials from the company, which produces materials to absorb pollutants such as oils and acids, say they used a specially developed powder which absorbs large quantities of water, and turns into a gel before falling out of the sky. Though they refuse to disclose what the secret formula is, Dyn-O-Mat have said that the powder, which consists of confetti like grains, is completely safe, biodegradable and breaks down in seawater.  

Whilst the US government has already expressed interest in the new product, future applications for the powder could include clearing away clouds before sports fixtures, weakening tropical storms and also stopping hurricanes.  A spokesperson for the company developing the powder has said:

‘It is moisture that gives hurricanes their strength. In the case of a huge hurricane, we would not be trying to soak it up altogether. But what we would do is break it up and reduce its strength and killing potential.’ (Source) 

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