We Can Drop Artificial Snow With Help From Airplanes, But Machines Are Probably Easier

Today in 1946, an airplane flying over Massachusetts gets snow to fall out of a cloud on demand. And that helped bring about the rise of artificial snow. Plus: today in 2023, Amber Harris of Tasmania has a very unusual reason for being late to work.

Hacking The Weather To Make Man-Made Snow — In 1946 (GBH)

The Olympics Have 100 Percent Fake Snow—Here’s the Science of How It Gets Made (Scientific American)

Tasmanian woman tells office she can't come in as 600kg 'Neil the seal' is blocking her car (ABC)

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