The weather and smog

The question I get asked most frequently from people back home is how the weather and the smog have been. Well, wet, rainy, hot and dark and that can change in about thirty seconds. We can’t figure if the darkness is clouds or smog but it seems to be a bit of both. I haven’t had issues breathing yet and we have done a ton of walking outside. Today for the first time it is actual a little cooler, which is quite a relief. The most interesting aspect has been the idea of rain inducing missiles. It has been said China has used an arsenal of rockets, artillery and aircraft to seed clouds and produce enough artificial rain to clear some of the smog. Engineers “seed” clouds by burning chemicals such as silver iodide to induce rain. Weird, but rather interesting.