Xinhua reports today that a rainstorm did, as feared, threaten last night's opening ceremony--and that the Beijing Meteorological Bureau's weather modifiers did, as planned, take steps to suppress the rain:
"We fired a total of 1,104 rain dispersal rockets from 21 sites in the city between 4:00 p.m. and 11:39 pm on Friday, which successfully intercepted a stretch of rain belt from moving towards the stadium," said Guo Hu, head of the Beijing Municipal Meteorological Bureau (BMB).
Next step: unsuppress the rain to wash the choking filth out of here.
