Airplanes and rockets used to disperse rain at the Beijing Olympics closing ceremony
Dr. Teeth 27 August, 2008
(1) Comment Chinese weather officials have said that they used airplanes and rockets to disperse rain at the Beijing Olympics closing ceremony on August 24.
Though thunderstorms had threatened the closing ceremony of the Beijing Olympics, planes spreading rain dispersal materials were dispatched and rockets were fired to ensure that no rain fell during the ceremony.
“Rain clouds from Hebei and Inner Mongolia had started to move towards the capital city at 2 p.m.,” said Guo Hu, head of the Beijing Observatory.
According to Zhang Qiang, from the Beijing Weather Modification Office, “Moisture in the air was at a higher level than at the time before the opening ceremony and would more easily develop into convective clouds.”
“We decided to use planes to cover a larger area, along with firing rain dispersal rockets from the ground,” he added.
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Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease Envelopes China
Dr. Teeth 7 May, 2008
(6) Comment New outbreaks in China reported Wednesday put the number of children infected with hand, foot and mouth disease above 15,000 and the death toll has risen to at least 28 across the country.
A 2-year-old girl in the southern province of Hunan died of the disease after being in a coma, the provincial health bureau said on its Web site.
Another death was reported in the neighboring Guangxi region, Guangxi health officials said but did not give any details. The official Xinhua News Agency said the victim was a 3-year-old boy who died May 3.
Two kindergartens in Beijing were temporarily shut down Tuesday after children there showed symptoms of the disease, Xinhua said. There have been 1,482 cases in Beijing, most in kindergartens, it said.
So far, 15,799 outbreaks of the disease have been reported throughout the country this year, Xinhua said.
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New Hyderabad Airport Starts Operations
Dr. Teeth 23 March, 2008
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Rajiv Gandhi International Airport at Shamshabad has started functioning. We need to keep pace with International standards in our airports. The newly built Beijing Airport is a role model for every country to emulate. The newly built Beijing Airport is the latest wonder in airports in the world. What is astonishing is that this marvel has been built in the world’s most populated developing country! Almost 50,000 workers toiled round the clock in 8-hour shifts and built the colossal $3.75-billion terminal in only four years. China wanted the airport to be ready before August 8, when the Beijing Olympic Games begin. The new terminal will have a capacity of 75 million passengers a year. It features an extremely high-tech passenger baggage system — on 50 km of conveyor belts — that can handle 19,800 bags per hour. The size of the new Beijing airport can be gauged from the fact that it boasts of 64 restaurants, 80 retail stores, 175 escalators, 173 lifts, 437 revelators or moving footpaths, and 300 check-in counters.. The airport’s runway is capable of handling the world’s largest passenger aircraft, the Airbus A380. The airport building has integrated environmental control systems to minimise energy consumption and carbon emissions
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