CAN WE TAME STORMS? (UN)USEFULNESS OF PROTECTION AGAINST HAIL
Abstract
The ever recurring question related to hazardous meteorological phenomena ever since prehistory is whether they can be prevented or whether at least their consequences can be minimised. This also applies to hail storms and the desire to control them. Unfortunately all past attempts, whether praying to the gods, shooting with cannons and mortars or the adding of silver iodide with rockets, aircraft or ground-based generators to storm clouds, were not encouraging.
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