SNOW? SHOOT! This year, get the Western and Central Europeans to feel a little bit of what (mention the "Siberians" to mention) the Muscovite in the course of the notorious Russian winter to endure almost every year for months to. Snow and cold, ice and darkness 17 hours a day.
If not just a few days or at most take a few weeks, as in Europe, but at least four months (well, with possible short interruptions), as in Russia, it will be easy one day really depressed or hysterical. A well-known Austrian has caught several years ago for a few days a similar "real Russian winter in Moscow. "A life is not," he said at the end. "The sheer survival."
why I have the November pleased to learn that the Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov intends to eliminate at least the snow in the capital in the approaching winter. Suddenly I felt sympathy for this gentleman, because I suffer can not otherwise (that is another story). Clear: While I hate the snow completely altruistic, of course, Luzhkov had money in mind. According to his calculations, Moscow would be able to save on winter up to nine million euros, when the snow clouds are shot.
completely absurd is not. Because the rain clouds from shooting in Russia for decades, at least twice a year to the parade on the national day do not interfere. Since (completely environmentally friendly, like to admit that even the greenest green,) raining chemicals are fired into the clouds, the water falls from the capital, while Moscow can freely swim in the sunshine.
(The Chinese used this weather gods technology at the opening of the Olympic Games in 2008, also in the wine regions of Europe it is used for hail prevention.)
To most extensive snow removal to save, decided now the agile old man, the Moscow city father, now the "worst" snow falls in the same way to prevent using of air force. (The "smaller" snowfalls were allowed to continue , Go down it was called).
all seemed to be already in butter: the competent institutions and the fighters announced in November its commitment, the soft voices of conservationists have been ignored, as always, the official press manured public opinion with positive expert voices warning of the Governor from the Moscow region, the additional snow that will fall before the Moscow city limits, which could cause flooding and other ills, was without jedgliche soul stirring noted.
I do not know who stopped the enterprising city father at the last moment. At any rate, he declined but now with the voltage expected to shoot. It was called simply the "experiment" had been postponed to February. In plain text it is well that it will not take place.
No question: This would be a pretty radical intervention into nature with predictable consequences have been difficult. As well as the nature lately is behaving more unpredictable, it would be logical to deal with the new, sometimes very experimental means. At least try. For just as before, nature is no longer behave anyway - no matter what may now be built to environmentally friendly refrigerators and jets. Or?
When I now see dramatic television reports from evil, that the snow in Germany, Poland or Romania cause, I will scream (which I now do with this letter): Dear Europeans! If you next time, just like this winter panic before the unexpected snow mountains, you should know that Luzhkov already has a silver bullet, however, has the ready. Then maybe you are brave and resolute in the fight against the snow as a nuisance, these Russian wimps. And money you could always count better than the Russians.
Call Luzhkov!
you soon.
