The Storm Master
The Storm Master
March 13, 2011
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In this series of videos, which are interviews conducted by Alex Jones, it is revealed that the American army was perfectly capable of manipulating cloud cover, by combining good meteorological knowledge and the use of silver iodide particles, which served as "nuclei" around which water vapor present in the air could condense, once these air masses, saturated with humidity, were in supercritical conditions. The key was to carry out this dispersion at the right place and the right time.
The consultation of French meteorologists led to the use of "paragliders", that is, very local and short-term actions, empirical and more or less successful. Ben Livingstone's speech is of a completely different nature. The actions he mentions are based on an extremely precise knowledge of meteorological phenomena, their state, and the mechanisms that control their evolution. It is not about actions whose effects are felt within the hour, but actions involving the careful deposition of seeds (silver iodide) in specific places and at the right time, over periods measured in days, although involving a very small number of devices (usually two) and quantities of product ranging from a few kilograms to a maximum of a few tens of kilograms.
The condensation of water vapor leads to the release of heat (an exothermic phenomenon, the inverse of vaporization, which is endothermic).
This heat production is accompanied by movement of the air mass. Thus, a small amount of product, dispersed judiciously, can effectively "pilot" local meteorology, the scale of the phenomenon depending on the amount of product used and its area of distribution.
Why silver iodide? Because its crystalline structure is very close to that of ice. It is a toxic, non-biodegradable substance.
Ben Livingston was a pioneer in "weather control". When he talks, in the following video, about how he managed to create a real liquid deluge over North Vietnam (Operation Popeye), he says that at first he took what he found, that is, a relatively small cloud (which was present at that time of year, that is, during the dry season). Then he carried out successive seeding with silver iodide grains, "cultivating" the cloud for 40 minutes and successfully growing it to an altitude of 21,000 meters (that is, transforming it into a cumulonimbus). He says there is no limit to the control of a cloud's growth, provided the conditions are favorable, that is, if there is humidity in the air.
Ben Livingstone
The quote from Ben Livingston to the Navy
Alex Jones and Ben Livingston
**From these first experiences I was very confident that we could do whatever we wanted with a hurricane. **
The eye of a cyclone
The birth of the Storm Fury project
The aircraft seeds the cloud mass at its periphery, circling the cyclone. The seeding is carried out on an area equivalent to a quarter of the cyclone's area. A new upward cloud ring forms, with an increase in the size of the central eye. The quantities of silver iodide used in such operations are surprisingly small: 60 kilograms total for the operation on the cyclone Debbie, involving 400 drops of 150 grams (silver iodide bombs, attached to parachutes and with timed fuses).
The winds are maximum in the immediate vicinity of the eye. The cyclonic mechanics combine the action of cells (in red):
The cyclonic cells
The results of the experiments conducted in the Gulf of Mexico were very positive
Ben Livingstone shows here the report he wrote for the Pentagon. On the left page, there is a diagram of the strengthening of a cyclone, with an increase in the diameter of the eye and a corresponding decrease in the peripheral speeds, following successive concentric seedings, carried out by planes circling around the initial formation, the result being a reduction of material damage by a factor of 2. The duration of the intervention was two days. With the cyclone Debbie in 1968, it was possible to reduce the maximum speeds from 250 km/h to 130 km/h and reduce material damage by half. These tests were part of the Storm Fury project, directed by Mrs. Joan Simpson (assisted by her husband). The hurricane control center, in contact with the National Weather Service, was located at China Lake, a Navy weapons testing center, 150 kilometers north of Los Angeles.
The Navy's China Lake weapons testing center
Many climate manipulation experiments could be carried out over several years, especially in desert regions nearby.
It was possible, he said, to cover a large area at 600 km/h, by dropping silver iodide bombs every 200 meters, attached to parachutes, which then exploded, seeding the entire area. In Vietnam, Ben Livingstone carried out climate manipulations for military purposes by piloting a jet for years.
On the civil side, experiments conducted in the early 1960s showed that it was possible to effectively control and divert a tropical cyclone, which was successfully done for ten years. However, the United States government preferred to keep this information top secret, focusing on military applications.
"*... The results of the tests on the cyclone Debbie seemed so positive that many thought the technique could be operational, by seeding the most important cyclones threatening coastal areas. A team of scientists from Stanford University came to this conclusion based on the experiments that had been conducted, including those on the cyclones Esther and Beulah. Dr. James Matheson, a member of this group, reflected the general opinion by stating: "We think we should be ready to act as soon as a cyclone threatens Miami." The scientists stated, "The Government must be aware that by deciding not to use this technique, it takes the responsibility of exposing populations to material damage and human losses related to meteorological phenomena, which are increased" (Pothier 1972)...".
Scientists from Stanford University
Ben Livingston said he was extremely disappointed that this project was abandoned.
These techniques were successfully applied during the Vietnam War, causing rains that made the "Ho Chi Minh Trail", a simple dirt road, impassable.
During the Vietnam War, a fast fighter jet equipped for weather warfare
(it was necessary...)