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1China: Made-in-China SnowSina: Ranomandry vita sinoa
2This past Sunday on Nov. 1, Beijing saw its earliest snowfall in 22 years.Tamin'ny Alahady 1 Novambra lasa teo, nahita ny firotsahan'ny ranomandry lasa aloha indrindra tao anatin'ny 22 taona i Beijing.
3The sudden change in weather, which blanketed the entire city in snow, surprised many residents.Ny fiovàn'ny toetr'andro tampoka, izay nandrakotra ranomandry ny tanàna manontolo, dia nahazendana mponina maro.
4But the news media later reported that the snowfall had actually been enhanced by the city's weather modification office.Nefa taoriana kely dia nitatitra ny haino aman-jery fa ny birao mpanova toetr'andro ao an-toerana no nanao an'iny fandrotsahana ranomandry iny.
5The reasoning behind the forced precipitation was because Beijing had been experiencing a drought.Noho ny haintany iainan'i Beijing no anton'izany filatsahana noterena izany.
6The night before the snow, the government had fired silver iodide into the skies.Ny alina talohan'ny firotsahana ranomandry, nanapoaka ‘iodure d'argent' tany an'habakabaka tany ny governemanta.
7The resulting effect increased the amount of snow by 16 million tons.Niteraka ny fisondrotan'ny habetsahan'ny ranomandry hatramin'ny 16 tapitrisa taonina izany.
8“We won't miss any opportunity of artificial precipitation since Beijing is suffering from the lingering drought,” said Zhang Qiang, the head of the weather modification office, to the state media.“Hoararaotinay ny fotoana rehetra azo hanaovana rotsak'orana artifisialy raha toa i Beijing mbola ampijalian'ny haintany maharitra,” hoy Zhang Qiang, lehiben'ny birao mpanova toetr'andro, tamin'ny haino aman-jerim-panjakana.
9China has a history of artificially inducing rain, usually in cases to stop drought.Manan-tantara amin'ny fandrotsahana orana artifisialy i Sina, ampiasaina matetika hanakanana ny haintany.
10At other times, the weather modification office has reduced the rain to ensure clear skies, such as during the National Day parade in October or the Beijing Olympic Games.Indraindray kosa, mampihena ny rotsak'orana ny birao mpanova toetr'andro mba hampisava ny lanitra, ohatra hoe mandritra ny fetim-pirenena ny Oktobera na ny Lalao Olaimpikan'i Beijing.
11Netizens have been divided in their opinions about this past weekend's man-made snow.Nizarazara ny hevitr'ireo mponin'ny aterineto momba iny ranomandry vitan'olombelona tamin'ny faran'ny herinandro lasa iny.
12Some wrote gleefully about its beauty, like blogger, 鱼干儿.Ny sasany dia nanoratra am-pifaliana ny hatsaràny, toa ilay mpitoraka blaogy, 鱼干儿.
13Beijing's weather is unimaginably fantastic. Without warning, it began to snow.Tsy takatry ny saina ny hatsaràn'ny toetr'andron'i Beijing.
14And it was the kind of snow that couldn't be easily cleaned up and managed.Tsy nisy fampafantarana fa tonga dia nanomboka nilatsaka ny ranomandry. Sady irony karazan-dranomandry saro-diovina sy alamina irony.
15I heard that the snow was man-made.Reko fa toa vitan'olombelona ilay ranomandry.
16But I don't care.Nefa tsy raharahako.
17We love this kind of weather.Tianay izao karazana toetr'andro izao.
18Some, however, have been more annoyed.Ny sasany anefa sosotra.
19Wrote 小米:Nanoratra i 小米:
20After I heard that it was man made, I had to wonder who was the person who thought this was a good time for it to snow?Taorian'ny nandrenesako fa vitan'olombelona iny, tsy maintsy nanontany tena aho hoe mba karazan'olona inona loatra no nieritrerira fa fotoana tsara hirotsahan'ny ranomandry izao?
21Everywhere people have been caught off guard by the cold and the other thorny problems related to power, traffic and heating.Na aiza na aiza ny olona dia tratran'ny hatsiaka sy ny olana mifandraika amin'ny herin'aratra, ny fifamoivoizana ary ny fanafanàna.
22On an Internet forum, one user complained that the government should have warned people ahead of time, adding that many of the flights at the airport were delayed.Tao amina forum iray amin'ny aterineto, nitaraina ny mpampiasa iray fa tokony nampiomana ny mponina mialoha ny governemanta, nanampy fa tsy maintsy nahemotra ny ankamaroan'ny sidina tao amin'ny seranam-piaramanidina.
23In my view, this type of ‘man can conquer nature' spirit is good, even though Beijing residents were “winterized.”Raha ny fijeriko azy dia tsara ilay karazam-panahin' ‘olombelona afaka mibaiko ny zava-boary', na dia ‘nivaingana' aza ireo mponin'i Beijing.
24If they can really solve the damage wrought by the drought then this has its merits.Raha ohatra ka tena afaka mamaha ny olana ateraky ny haintany ry zareo dia tena mendrika tokoa.
25But the way the weather bureau didn't inform anyone ahead of time isn't quite right.Nefa toa tsy dia rariny loatra ny tsy nampilazan'ny birao mpanova toetr'andro na iza na iza mialoha ny fotoana.
26A few posts made on the Internet have also expressed worry over what kind of effects the unnatural snow might have on the environment.Nisy lahatsoratra vitsivitsy tamin'ny aterineto koa naneho tahotra noho ny mety ho vokatr'izany ranomandry tsy tena izy izany amin'ny tontolo iainana.
27One blogger, 天边的云, wondered if anyone has the right to alter the weather.Mpitoraka blaogy iray, 天边的云, nanontany tena raha misy olona manan-jo hanovaova ny toetr'andro.
28But when we blindly alter the weather without having yet to master its laws, will this do greater damage to the environment as a whole?Nefa raha manovaova am-jambany fotsiny ny toetr'andro isika nefa tsy mahafehy ny lalànany akory, tsy vao mainka ve izany hanimba be ny tontolo iainana?
29For example, the snowfall that happened this time was because Beijing was suffering from a drought.Ohatra, ny rotsa-dranomandry tamin'iny fotoana iny dia noho ny fijalian'i Beijing amin'ny haintany.
30What if this snow was originally meant to fall on Shandong (let's just pretend for a moment), instead of Beijing.Ahoana raha tokony tany Shandong iny ranomandry iny no nirotsaka tamin'ny voalohany (ndeha ataontsika hoe izany aloha), fa tsy tany Beijing.
31Will this cause an even bigger drought in Shandong?Hiteraka haintany bebe kokoa any Shandong ve izany?
32Alex Pasternack, a blogger and journalist in Beijing, wrote a post on Tree Hugger elaborating on what kind of effects the man-made precipitation might have.Alex Pasternack, mpitoraka blaogy no sady mpanao gazety any Beijing, dia nanoratra lahatsoratra tao amin'ny Tree Hugger mamelabelatra ireo mety ho vokatry ny rotsak'orana vitan'olombelona.
33The drought has affected 800,000 hectares of farmland by the end of October, official sources estimated, and the snow storm was said to be a much-needed boon to local farmers.Nahatratra 800 000 hektara ny saha tratry ny haintany tamin'ny faran'ny volana oktobra, araka ireo tombatombana ofisialy, ary voalaza fa tena nilain'ireo tantsaha teny an-toerana tokoa iny rahon-dranomandry iny.
34But not all farmers in the region benefited.Nefa tsy ireo tantsaha rehetra tany an-toerana no nahazo tombon-tsoa.
35One possible side effect of weather modification is that it diverts precipitation from other regions that need it too, for the sake of creating stronger storms in a focused area.Mety ho voka-dratsy iray amin'ny fanovàna toetr'andro ny fanosehany ny rotsak'orana amin'ireo faritra mila izany koa, mba hanaovana rahona lehibebe kokoa amina faritra voakendry.
36Other netizens have poked fun at the snow.Nanao hanihany tamin'ity ranomandry ity ireo mpampiasa aterineto hafa.
37Elizabeth Kain wrote on her blog:Nanoratra i Elizabeth Kain tao amin'ny blaoginy:
38Yesterday's snow was the earliest in ten years.Ny ranomandry nirotsaka omaly no nirotsaka aloha indrindra tao anatin'ny folo taona.
39I am sure my mother, who sat in the Beijing Airport for 7 hours as all flights in and out of the city were disrupted or cancelled, would be happy to know her inconvenience was state induced.Azoko antoka fa ny reniko, izay nipetraka tao amin'ny seranam-piaramanidin'i Beijing nandritra ny adiny fito noho ny fikorontanana na fampiatoana ireo sidina rehetra mivoaka sy miditra ny tanàna, dia mety ho faly satria ho an'ny firenena no nisian'iny olany iny.
40Another comment about the snow also made an astute observation:Nisy hevitra iray hafa momba ilay ranomandry koa nanao fanamarihana mahatsikaiky:
41Martin M.Martin M.
42November 2, 2009 3:30 pmNovember 2, 2009 3:30 pm
43Everything is made in China, even snow.Vita sinoa daholo ny zava-drehetra, na ny ranomandry aza.