No Snow This Winter in Moscow

Global Warming?

Nope. According to Time, Mayor Yury Luzhkov wants to have "the air force will use cement powder, dry ice or silver iodide to spray the clouds from Nov. 15 to March 15 — and only to prevent "very big and serious snow" from falling on the city, said Andrei Tsybin, the head of the department. This could mean that a few flakes will manage to slip through the cracks. Tsybin estimated that the total cost of keeping the storms at bay would be $6 million this winter, roughly half the amount Moscow normally spends to clear the streets of snow."

The Kicker? They are serious, according the article they do it every year to make sure it does not rain on City Day and Victory Day.