50 YEARS AGO

March 22, 1973 – Voting for rain, snow or sunshine could someday be as commonplace as electing a president, senator or mayor. Campaigns would be run by proponents and opponents of various weather modification programs and the voters would decide who is to do what to the skies above them. The prospect seems Utopian but there is a rub. In a democracy, the rain that falls (or doesn’t fall) on the majority also falls on the minority. In other words, it might rain on someone’s p...