King's rainmakers take to skies to ease Thai drought

[buksida]

High above Thailand's parched landscape the kingdom's fleet of intrepid royal rainmakers work their meteorological wizardry.

A squadron of 20 aircraft plunges through the clouds firing a cocktail of chemicals that they hope will provoke a downpour to alleviate the effects of drought on the country's crucial agriculture sector.

The annual cloud seeding operation is something of a personal crusade for Thailand's King Bhumibol, who has earned the title "Father of the Royal Rainmaking" for his half-century project to persuade clouds to rain on cue.

Not content to leave the weather in the hands of nature, the octogenarian monarch developed the programme to support the country's farmers and has even patented his own cloud seeding technique.

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[Nereus]

I guess that there are areas that are still short of rain. But from what I have seen in the past 10 days or so, the central plains between Bangkok and up to Phrae province, are receiving plenty.

[sandman67]

I read in the paper a while back that there are several countries in Europe and elsewhere that are buying licenses for the Kings Rainmaking Technique....and its patented across the EU and US....

so Im guessing it must work.

wow

[STEVE G]

I read in the paper a while back that there are several countries in Europe and elsewhere that are buying licenses for the Kings Rainmaking Technique....

They should get into that in Luxembourg; they could make it rain on France or Germany before the clouds got here!

[BaaBaa.]

I read in the paper a while back that there are several countries in Europe and elsewhere that are buying licenses for the Kings Rainmaking Technique....and its patented across the EU and US....

so Im guessing it must work.

wow

The Aussies have written to ask for permission to use it only this month.

HM the King gave permission to Australia's state of Queensland to use his innovative techniques of artificial rainmaking to combat the region's ongoing drought.

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