cloudbusters
Sky-clearing weather devices
Cloudbusters are devices purportedly designed to influence weather by dispersing clouds or inducing rain.
The term originates with Wilhelm Reich's 1950s invention, which he claimed could manipulate atmospheric "orgone energy." Modern cloudbusters are often homemade contraptions promoted in fringe communities: He built a cloudbuster in his backyard to end the drought.
The word also refers to Kate Bush's 1985 song about Reich.
Inducing precipitation artificially
- drought reliefHelp during prolonged dryness
- precipitationAtmospheric water deposit
- weather modificationIntentionally changing atmospheric conditions
- atmosphereGaseous layer around planets
dispersal · rain · weather control · storms · moisture · humidity · Arizona · operations
Animating vital energy
- chiGreek letter or energy
- pranaVital breath energy
- etherVolatile organic solvent
- cosmic energyPower flowing through everything
bioenergy · accumulation · concentration · flow · stagnation · charging · drawing · channeling
Psychoanalyst, orgone energy proponent
- biophysicsPhysics applied to life
- character analysisStudy of personality traits
- FDAU.S. health regulator
- bannedOfficially disallowed
burned books · Maine · laboratory · pseudoscience · controversy · persecution · imprisonment
- GhostbustersFictional spirit-catching squad
- albumUnified collection of recordings
- songMusical piece with words
- 1985Specific calendar year
music · memoir · film · documentary · art installations · counterculture
rainmaking
Inducing precipitation artificially
- drought reliefHelp during prolonged dryness
- precipitationAtmospheric water deposit
- weather modificationIntentionally changing atmospheric conditions
atmosphere · dispersal · rain · weather control · storms · moisture · humidity · Arizona · operations
life force
Animating vital energy
cosmic energy · bioenergy · accumulation · concentration · flow · stagnation · charging · drawing · channeling
Wilhelm Reich
Psychoanalyst, orgone energy proponent
- biophysicsPhysics applied to life
- character analysisStudy of personality traits
- FDAU.S. health regulator
banned · burned books · Maine · laboratory · pseudoscience · controversy · persecution · imprisonment
Kate Bush
- GhostbustersFictional spirit-catching squad
- albumUnified collection of recordings
- songMusical piece with words
1985 · music · memoir · film · documentary · art installations · counterculture
antenna
Broadcast signal receiver
- pipesCylindrical fluid carriers
- groundingConnecting to earth
- accumulatorDevice storing incremental charge
apparatus · pointing · aiming · operation · assembly · construction · DIY · plans · mechanism · equipment
cloudbustersDoppler radar
Motion-sensing weather instrument
weather satellites · weather radar · barometers · anemometers
cloud, clouds, cloudy, cloudiness, cloudless, clouded, clouding, bust, busts