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.Itwasgoodexperimentationinwhichonemademanystupidmistakes;mistakeswhichwere,asusualinseriousresearch,thebestguidepoststotrulygratifyingresults.InconsequenceofthesefirstCloudbusterexperiments,finallythefirstseriousdroughtofmanyweeksdurationwasbrokeninNewEnglandonAugust1and2,1952. OnAugust1,1952,afirst,conclusiveconfirmationwasobtainedforthehypothesisofOROPDesert.ItrainedheavilyatOrgononfortwodays,August8and9,afterthedroughthadbeenbrokenonAugust2(seebelow).However,atEustisRidge,only26milesawaytothenorth,ithadnotrainedatall.Iaskedthefarmer,M.Armstrong,sincedeceased,whetherhethoughtitpossiblethatthemountainrangebetweenRangeleyandStrattonEustisRidgehadhelduptherain.Heagreedandstatedthatthiswasawellknownfacttofarmers.Figure13:Eustis/RangeleyGeography(Mt.RigelowGroupseparatesthesoutherlyRangeleyRegionfromthenortherlyEustisRegion)~ChapterVOROPRangeley(August12,1952)(1)UnderstandingDroughtClouds~BreakingofdroughtbymeansofchangesinducedinthevariouspotentialsoftheatmosphericORenergyaimsatraintofallincertainareas.Thisisaveryyoungartindeed,notmorethanthreeyearsold.Still,theexperiencesmadeduringthesethreeyears(195254)wererichinyieldingnewfacts;theyopenupabirdseyeviewonCosmicOREngineering(CORE)inunderstandingsomeofthebasicmechanismsofDrought,RainmakingandDesertdevelopment.Themostimportantvehicleofgetting aheadinthisaswellasinanyotherfieldofhumanknowledgeisknowingthereasonsforfailureorsuccess.Insomecasesitisdifficulttoconvincethestudentoryoungoperatorthatone'smistakesarethetruesignpostsoflearninghowtoadvance.ThefollowingdiscussionisdesignedtohelpthestudentofCosmicEngineeringtobecomeconsciousofwhatheisdoingandwhy.Thereisnothingmoredestructivetoone'sownlearninganprofessionalperfectionthanplayingaroundwithcloudbustingonlyinordertoenjoythefeelingofone'sgreatpowerovercosmicforces.Itistrue,onecaninducegravechangesinthecosmicORenergyocean.ThisisaseasyasspeakingintoamicrophoneinLosAngelesandbeinginstantlyheardinNewYork.ThisaccomplishmenthoweverisduetothegreatirritabilityandsensitivityofthecosmicORenergyocean,andnottothegreatnessofthespeaker.InCloudbusting,thedangersaremuchgraver,indeed,thaninradiospeeches.Twisters,suddenandunexpectedchangesinwinddirection,severegustsandsimilareffectsaretobeexpectedinthemostcarefullyexecutedoperations.TheCOREeffectscanreachveryfar,to300milesandmorewithonecloudbusteralone.Italldependsonknowingwhatoneisdoingandwhy.Inthebeginning,greatcareinnotoverreachingthesafelimitisofcrucialimportance.WhoeverknowsthedynamicsoftheORenergywillnotfailtobeovercautiousratherthan"daring".Onecaneasilyrecognizetheignoramusinhisplayful,senselessoverdoing,showingoff,"demonstrating"cloudbusting.Theeffectsaresoeasilyobtainedthatwemustguardagainstthismenacefromtheverybeginning.Theshape,characterandfunctioningofdroughtcloudsbecameclearduringthefirstweeksofthegraveDORemergencyinAprilandmay1952.Thishappenedinthefollowingmanner:Cloudswhichdriftedinfromthewestchangedtheirshapeandcolor.Cominginwhiteorgraywhite,theyhadoverOrgononasteelgray,"dirty"lookingappearance.Theyalsolosttheirtypicalshapecharacterizedbyagreatvarietyofforms:theybecamemechanicallyquadrangular,sharpedged,asitwere.Furthermore,theyseemedtohoverovertheObservatorybuildingforhoursonend,notmovingonwardtowardtheeast.Thus,afterseveralweeksofcarefulobservation,itbecamepossibletorecognizethesecloudsbytheirmechanicaledginess,theirdirty,steelgraycolorandtheirhoveringoverOrgonon.Inthebeginning,itwasincomprehensiblewhatitwasthatmadethesecloudschangetheirshape.Lateron,whenthethunderstormseason wasathand,anotherobservationbroughtsomeunderstandingtothesefunctions;theywerefinallycomprehendedin1953.Duringthesummerof1952,notasinglethundercloudpassedoverOrgonon.TherewasnothunderstormorlightningovertheRangeleyregion.All"thunderheads"whichcameinfromthewesteitherpartedtheirwaytonorthandsouthofOrgonon,severalmilesapart,ortheydissolvedintofuzzylooking,incoherentshredlikepiecesofformerlyimpressive,heavyanddarkbluethunderheads.PeopleinRangeleyobservedthisstrangephenomenonallthroughthesummerof1952untillateautumn.OnlyafewthunderstormspassedinthevicinityofOrgononin1953;nonepasseddirectlyoverhead.Thecloudsdispersedeasily;theydidnotseemtobeabletoholdtogether(seeFigure14).Thethin,shreddypieceswere,aswelearnedlater,ofthesamekindastruedroughtclouds.Fromthenonwarditwaseasytopredictreductioninrainfallandlateralsodrought.Todiagnosedroughtinadvance,however,didnotdevelopfurtherduring1952,untillateinAugust,afterseveralattemptswiththecloudbusterfailedtocreatecloudsortomakeexistentcloudsgrowheavywithwatervapor.Figure14:DissipationofClouds("Fuzziness")intheDORFieldabovetheOREnergyObservatory,1952~[Notincludedhere:poorqualityimage](2)FirstBreakingofDrought~Notuntilthecauseofthedissipationofcloudsandtheirdroughtyappearancewerecomprehended,didproducingraininapredictablemannerbecomepossible [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]

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