You all know that up and coming Olympic Games 2008 will be held next year in Beijing, China. No problem? Well, not really because historical data states that the event will be greeted by rains starting from the opening ceremony on August 8, 2008 and way past the closing ceremony two weeks after.

Chinese meteorologists are saying though that they will force rain to fall way before the Olympics begin with the help of cloud-seeding. The process, basically, cleans up the air to ensure clear skies. But cloud-seeding is not something we can refer to as a scientific process yet as that matter is still being debated by scientists.

Actually, China has been trying to tweak the atmospheric conditions for decades now but the majority of the scientific community maintain that the science behind "cloud-seeding" is just plain weak. In fact, the U.S. National Academy of Sciences had already questioned this way back in 2003.

China, on the other hand, answered back that it is proven to increase rainfall. Last May 2006, Beijing Weather Modification Office claimed that they were able to generate more rainfall by firing seven rocket shells containing 163 cigarette-size sticks of silver iodide over the city's skies. This, then, caused chemical reactions that forced four-tenths of an inch of rain.

The point is, we all want a sunny Olympics event. It has not been confirmed yet if cloud-seeding actually works or not. But for the benefit of the event, we well wish that it does.