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<br />" , <br /> <br />pieces which then fall through the free:;::ing level, warmup and <br />become raindrops or land as much smaller sized, less damaging hail. <br /> <br />If anyone is thinking of "investing" in a sound gun, ask for <br />a demonstration and get a few questions resolved. Some questions <br />about Bound guns that could be asked are: <br /> <br />(2) <br /> <br />(3) <br /> <br />( 1) <br /> <br />Where will the gun be aimed...directlY into overhead <br />clouds from which hail is falling, or where hail forms <br />higher in the cloud? The directed energy must spread out <br />from its point sourCe and weaken. It's hard to believe <br />a sound gun could focus enough energy from a source <br />concentrated enough to cause cavitation at altitudes of 4 <br />to 5 miles above ground within the large VOIUiuBuf uloud <br />in which hail forms. Hail may be concentrated in several <br />cores within a storm complex, eapeciallysupercells;with <br />storm speeds of 30 to 45 rnph not uncommon and heavy <br />rain talling, gunner accuracy may be fairly difficult. <br />Hail causing crop damage often starts out by falling from <br />altitudes much great.er than 5 miles in height and many <br />miles distant from wher~ it lands. The sound has to be <br />extremely strong---even louder than thunder aince,the <br />nearly continuous thunder within some hail-bearing storms <br />doasn't appear to haVe any significant effect in reducing <br />hail due to the sound it generates within clouds. <br /> <br />If the sound gun system truly works, what happens to those <br />clouds that are sDund blasted which don't contain hail? <br />How are the smaller clouds affected? Do the smaller ice, <br />particles cavitated become very small water droplets whicll <br />can evaporate mora easily into the atmosphere, thereby <br />decreasing rain? How does the sound gunner know which <br />clouds contain hail and which ones don't? Does the system <br />come with a pretty detailed USERS MANUAL? <br /> <br />What is the ,effect of such strongly direct~dencrgy on <br />airplanes and'people passing between the sound gun and the <br />cloud? <br /> <br />Most states have weather modification lawe---I know both <br />Kansas and Texas do. Some states, like Kansas, require <br />more than a passing degree of knowledge about meteorology <br />and/or have considerable experience in the field of <br />weather modification, or a combination of both before <br />they can receive a state license to perform weather <br />modification activities. Only after getting a license can <br />one apply for a permit to perform weather modification. <br />Performing intentional weather modification without a <br />license and permit is illegal in many states and <br />punishable in different ways. <br /> <br />(5) How many years is the money-baCK guarantee be geod for? <br />Will they be fly-by-nightera? <br /> <br />(4) <br />