China is going to face some thorny weather condition during the Beijing Olympic 2008 as it is in the midst of typhoon season and the Games are supposed to be continued in the middle of the rainiest month of whole August.
Famous Canadian meteorologist Doug Charko says, "To top it off, wet weather traps pollution and particulates in a city infamous for poor air quality". He expects, five and seven days of persistent rainfall and a handful more days with scattered thunderstorms.
Weather delays can cause confusion for organizers on tight event schedules, not to mention for athletes on accurate eating, sleeping and training plans. There is also a very real possibility the Olympic village will be hit with leftovers from typhoons that tend to make landfall south and east of Beijing.
Charko says the technique can work on a "very small scale" but it won’t stop large weather systems such as thunderstorms. Chinese authorities expect the approach will be well enough to keep the
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