Control-freak Bridezillas of the world, rejoice!
You can now CONTROL THE WEATHER on your wedding day (or for any other event, for that matter).
If you are worried that it might rain on your nuptial parade, worry no more. You can guarantee blue skies on your big day.
For a casual $200,000.
Yep, for just one-fifth-of-a-million-dollars, a cloud-busting team of scientists will fly up in the air and destroy the threatening clouds. Hello, future!
The pilots and meteorologists of Oliver’s Travels, who developed the system, fly into the sky and sprinkle silver iodide particles over the clouds threatening your venue. And poof! They disappear.
Warning: Probably don’t try this yourself. It sounds pretty hi-tech and science-y. Also, it’s a three-week process and has to be within 30 miles of an airport, and possibly not in Australia. But still… Holy Mother Earth, wow!
In other Bridezilla news: This is the worst we’ve seen. Ever.
As Oliver’s website promises:
“One thing always bugged us – we can help plan everything down to the last detail, but there was one thing we could never really change: The weather. So we decided to do something about that. We’re proud and just a little bit excited to be able to offer an exclusive ‘cloud-bursting’ service to our customers, 100 per cent guaranteeing fair weather and clear skies for when you tie the knot!”
This futuristic technique was employed at the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (aka Kate and William), a Paul McCartney concert, and a the Beijing Olympics. And we didn’t even notice the little plane flying through the sky, sprinkling silver dust on the clouds like a science fairy.
Good work, scientists. Next step: Hoverboards.
What’s the most Bridesilla story you’ve ever heard? This was really up there for us…
Top Comments
This has been used for many many years as a method of cloud seeding, and has been time and time again shown that though it can be successful it is by no means a guarantee, so I would hope that there is some kind of contract to get a part refund if it fails.
Also, though the price tag would limit it's use, the potential harm to the environment of the silver is not to be lightly dismissed, though the toxicity is generally shown to be very low in occasional exposure, if it became popular in one particular area the accumulation of silver could possibly cause issues.
WT... This is actually possible! If they have this kind of technology couldn't they have done something about Cyclone Marcia!
You know what one day after I'm gone or I'm an old granny that'll be someone's job, flying into the clouds and stopping hurricanes etc, as well as putting some glad wrap (left over from those new glad wrap dispensers that people didn't like) on the holes in the ozone layer.
I'll be sitting in my armchair whinging about it all, "in my day there was none of this new fangled stuff, we had those nice big holes in the ozone layer and you could get a decent tan, and I miss the cyclones too, they were nice and cleansing, yeah maybe a few people died but I got a decent amount of rain on my tomatoes."
No, it doesn't work like that. All it can do is supply a condensation nucleus which airborne water vapour can collect around, creating heavy enough drops to fall as rain. This is what happens naturally, using dust or other minute particles in the air, small ice crystals etc.
They have done cloud seeding for many years but it is not reliable and only works in a small area even with the ideal conditions.