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A militarized conspiracy theorist group believes radars are 'weather weapons'

by everybodyknows on 5/5/25, 10:59 PM with 18 comments

• by CoastalCoder on 5/5/25, 11:21 PM

  Honest question, despite what will undoubtedly come across as snark:

  Have we always been so stupid, or is this a recent development?

• by AnimalMuppet on 5/6/25, 6:31 PM

  Article title continues, "... And Is Trying To Destroy Them".

  And:

  > “The group referred to the NEXRAD system towers as ‘weather weapons,’ and claimed there were no laws preventing American citizens from destroying the ‘weapons,’” the email states.

  So, wait, if I declare something to be a weapon, does that mean that there is no law against me destroying it? Or do these guys think they're the only ones who get to do that?

• by jleyank on 5/6/25, 1:40 AM

  Hmm... Take down Doppler radar and disband FEMA, pushing reconstruction onto the states. Going to suck living where there, umm, interesting weather.

• by derelicta on 5/5/25, 11:18 PM

  I really wish these nutjobs would use their energy, dedication and military knowledge against better targets.

• by Bender on 5/6/25, 12:00 AM

  I doubt they would have an effect on the weather but they are great for cooking birds. The break area at one base had a bench about 500 feet away from a test radar and that was just far enough for the birds to fall out of the sky. It was interesting for us to see the reaction of new people as birds fell into their food or their lap. Test radar systems used to also be great for destroying police radar guns long ago. That sadly doesn't work any more.

  On the topic of conspiracies I thought that was often around the HAARP weather monitoring program vs radar transmitters. Another set of conspiracy theories are cloud seeding programs and those indeed cause lawsuits due to flooding, mismanagement or alterations of water supplies and concerns of silver iodide and potassium iodide getting into farm animal food supplies. The only concern that makes sense to me is modification of where it rains and that is not much different than altering river flow with dams to steal water from a county or city or state.

  A game I like to play is to place a bet on what percentage of a conspiracy theory will turn out to be true and if for the right or wrong reasons. It is especially interesting for me to see how different crowds respond to them before and after any semblance of validation.

• by aaronbrethorst on 5/5/25, 11:17 PM

  Weird, I wonder which prominent Member of Congress might have given them the idea that 'they' control the weather? https://thebulletin.org/2024/11/can-they-control-the-weather...