Bingham Bulletin | 1918-01-04 | Page 2 | Violent Shock of Explosions in Battle has No Effect Whatever on the Weather

Violent Shock of Explosions in Battle Has No Effect Whatever on the Weather By C F. Martin. Chief of the United States Weather Bureau The violent shock and the heat of explosions in battle have no effect whatever on the weather. All weather factors temperature, precipitation and wind velocity, ultimately depend on the heating and cooling of the atmosphere. The idea that battles cause rains is very old. In the earlier timet the rain was attributed to the clash of swords aid sweat of soldiers later to the noise of cannon and guns, then io the dust particles (smoke) caused by the burning of black powder, and now. bv some, to the eases freed bv " , r , O the explosion of guncotton, etc. Anyone at all familiar with the real cause of rain (the cooling of humid air by vertical convection) will see at once that it cannot be induced by noise, nor by the gaseous products of modern explosives. Furthermore, statistical studies show that the weather during years f war does not differ appreciably from the weather durine vearn of nencf