Eshin Direct

In a country that can and has changed the actual timezone it exists in to make it more competitive with its Asian neighbors, I have often joked that Singapore’s next big project should be to control the weather. If you can control the time, why not bend the forces of nature to your will. There are indeed rumours circulating that the Singapore government has seeded the weather to ensure that today and tomorrow are not spoiled by a petulant Mother Nature spitting out some rain on F1 payday.

This is also apparently a trick they employ just before National Day¹. I doubt very much that Harry and company would employ such measures flippantly just to make Singapore look good. Weather seeding programmes are serious ecological tools to assist with sustainability in arid regions².

Of course, China, having the reputation for being the totalitarian regime that it is, has considered this for the Olympics³. Lucky for us, we in Singapore live in a responsible democracy.

1. Indeed, Malaysia and Indonesia are hardly going to be intimidated by Singapore’s pride and joy if they all look like wilting daisies in the
   rain. [↩]
2. Silverman, Jacob. “Can China control the weather?.” 19 July 2007. HowStuffWorks.com. [↩]
3. Beijing Games: China’s Olympic Forecast Calls For Clear Skies, Lots of Profits [↩]

Tags: f1, singapore, Techie Rants, weather