If they can make it rain, why don't they make rain in Africa so it can help with famine?

Answer 1

"Making it rain" involves spraying silver iodide particles through clouds; the particles give moisture something to condense on, resulting in rain. This only works if there is moisture in the air. Much of Africa is too dry for this to happen; there's not enough moisture to result in clouds.

Answer 2

I'm guessing you're referring to cloud seeding. This is the process of artificially inducing rain and works on the principle of scattering particles, usually of silver iodide, into the atmosphere. The particles act as a nucleii around which a droplet of water forms and subsequently falls as rain.

Cloud seeding doesn't make rain per se and is completely dependent on their already being enough water vapour in the atmosphere for it to rain. What is attempts to do is to manipulate the rain and get it to rain in a given location or at a given time.

The quantity of rain that falls is determined by the amount of water vapour that's in the atmosphere and this in turn is determined by the amount of evapouration from the seas and oceans. If you want to create more rain it would be necessery to evapourate more of the seas and oceans.

Cloud seeding isn't a new concept, I beleive it was first experimented with back in the Second World War. The former Soviet Union conducted extensive experiments but largely abandonned the programme. These experiments met with only limited success. Whilst it may have been possible to artificially induce rainfall there was no way to control other factors such as humidity, temperature and winds; all of which contribute to determining when and where it rains.

Answer 3

Reading above, it's too bad it's not possible to do it and keep it going. I was excited to see they might have found a huge lake in Darfur, but unfortunately it sounds like it won't pan out according to this BBC news article posted just a few minutes ago.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6908224.stm
Ancient Darfur lake 'is dried up'
A vast underground lake that scientists hoped could help to end violence in Sudan's Darfur region probably dried up thousands of years ago, an expert says.

As long as people keep an open mind, use their imaginations and intelligence, there is hope. And maybe those who believe can pray, send good energy, or do rain dances for them. :) Good question.

Answer 4

First of all people can not make it rain except maybe that weird magician keith barry


I would prefer to be living in africa than ireland now

good question thow

Answer 5

A good question--and why dont they share the rain over India--Australia because they always seem to have bush fires.

Answer 6

In order to make it rain, they have to "seed" clouds. I do not know how cloudy it is in Africa or if "seeding" clouds there is
even feasible. I do not know who would be willing to do it!!!
May God bless you.

Answer 7

You can't make it rain if there's not enough moisture in the air.

Answer 8

you need clouds to make it rain

Answer 9

no one can change the weather.
if your refering to the commercial going around on discovery, its a show and most of it is 'if we could' not 'we can'

and who is THEY?

Answer 10

Trust in Him.