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Moscow Bans Heavy Snow Falls For The Winter, Will Use Russian Air Force To Alter Weather Patterns (Yes, Really)

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Moscow will blast clouds from the sky this winter to save money on snow removal, a city official said Wednesday, but the plan threatens to anger the surrounding region, which would have to cope with the extra powder.

Airborne snowfall prevention will save the city about 300 million rubles ($10.2 million) this winter, said Andrei Tsybin, head of City Hall's department for public works and utilities. Moscow is ready to spend about 180 million rubles to disperse clouds "in the event of very big and serious snowfall," he said at a news conference.

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Tell me that doesn't sound like something out of a Cold War era James Bond flick. Though, if the Russians are hiding an evil weather control device under the Kremlin they probably borrowed it form Dick Cheney's secret volcano lair.

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    Reply#1 - Thu Oct 15, 2009 11:54 PM EDT
    {"commentId":10118596,"authorDomain":"niafabo"}

    makes me wonder what the Philippines did to piss them off. lol. now we know why it made the u-turn.

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    #1.1 - Fri Oct 16, 2009 11:09 AM EDT
    {"commentId":10123282,"authorDomain":"par4thecourse"}

    Killfile - Cheney is probably over there now in his second coming as extreme superior ruler - Tsar Cheney - head of the Meteorological Dept. in the Kremlin.

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    #1.2 - Fri Oct 16, 2009 2:10 PM EDT
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    {"commentId":10117985,"authorDomain":"k-joy"}

    "The weather is no longer in God's hands... it's in mine." *insert evil laughter.

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    Reply#2 - Fri Oct 16, 2009 10:43 AM EDT
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