Back When We Wanted to Weaponize the Weather

Back When We Wanted to Weaponize the Weather

Palm trees and lower heating bills in Chicago? Bikinis and orange blossoms in Duluth? Back in 1958 these miracles were the promise of tomorrow, thanks to the hot new science of weather control. And once we learned to harness these forces that were once thought beyond humankind’s reach, there was only one question left: would these powers act as a "deadly weapon or a magic wand?"

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