# HAARP and cold weather **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 29, 2014, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haarp-and-cold-weather/680002 "2014-01-29T00:49:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haarp-and-cold-weather/680002/21 "2014-01-29T16:11:25Z")
> [@The\_Mad\_Hermit](#): > > Wasn’t HAARP shut down due to budget cuts last year? Only temporarily. It’s still running. Not that it matters either way to conspiracy theorists. ---
**Author:** ![2gigch1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2gigch1/32/3313_2.png) [@2gigch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2gigch1)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haarp-and-cold-weather/680002/22 "2014-01-29T17:17:14Z")
[Article from yesterday](http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/20140127/air-force-plans-pull-plug-alaskas-controversial-haarp-facility): Air Force wants to transfer ownership or shut down HAARP due to expense. If it were so successful in rearranging the world I wouldn’t think the $4 to $5 million a year cited would concern the Air Force. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haarp-and-cold-weather/680002/23 "2014-01-29T17:23:17Z")
“Transfer ownership” is just a smokescreen. Too many people are becoming too aware of HAARP’s true nature and role in the reptilian masterplan, so they’re trying to cover it up again. Wake up, sheeple. ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haarp-and-cold-weather/680002/24 "2014-01-29T18:04:56Z")
Reptilian **hobbit** master plan, you mean. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haarp-and-cold-weather/680002/25 "2014-01-29T18:30:23Z")
I used to work with a chemistry teacher, the head of the science department, who said something along the lines of, “I don’t know but there’s probably a lot of truth to what they say about HAARP and controlling the weather.” I honestly couldn’t believe it. Luckily my fellow physics teacher laughed and said “there’s no way government is controlling or influencing the weather,” but she didn’t buy it. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haarp-and-cold-weather/680002/26 "2014-01-29T18:41:06Z")
> [@marshmallow](#): > > “Polar vortex” is definitely something you cast in an RPG and sounds way better than Blizzaga. **Polar Vortex** kinda went downhill after their third album. It’s like they quit trying to be different and just went pop. ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haarp-and-cold-weather/680002/27 "2014-01-29T19:26:44Z")
> [@andros](#): > > “Transfer ownership” is just a smokescreen. Too many people are becoming too aware of HAARP’s true nature and role in the reptilian masterplan, so they’re trying to cover it up again. Wake up, sheeple. [Do not wake the sheeple](http://xkcd.com/1013/). ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haarp-and-cold-weather/680002/28 "2014-01-29T19:53:08Z")
> [@BubbaDog](#): > > **Polar Vortex** kinda went downhill after their third album. It’s like they quit trying to be different and just went pop. Goddamn hipster. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haarp-and-cold-weather/680002/29 "2014-01-29T20:49:16Z")
Hey, I was into the Polar Vortex before it was cool. ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haarp-and-cold-weather/680002/30 "2014-01-29T21:28:42Z")
I thought it was pretty nice out this morning as I walked out to my car. Then I saw that it was -4°F. Amazing what you can get used to. If it ever reaches 32°F I’ll be walking around in shorts. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haarp-and-cold-weather/680002/31 "2014-01-29T22:04:23Z")
> [@arielburns](#): > > Please help me. Help you do what exactly. Personally, I think only a psychologist/psychiatrist can help you now. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2014, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haarp-and-cold-weather/680002/32 "2014-01-30T02:37:05Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Hey, I was into the Polar Vortex before it was cool. Yeah, sure, before it went jet stream… ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2014, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haarp-and-cold-weather/680002/33 "2014-01-30T13:19:35Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Yeah, sure, before it went jet stream… That’s it mister, you’re in time out! ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2014, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haarp-and-cold-weather/680002/34 "2014-01-30T15:47:36Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > I used to work with a chemistry teacher, the head of the science department, who said something along the lines of, “I don’t know but there’s probably a lot of truth to what they say about HAARP and controlling the weather.” > > I honestly couldn’t believe it. Luckily my fellow physics teacher laughed and said “there’s no way government is controlling or influencing the weather,” but she didn’t buy it. I just ask why the government doesn’t use HAARP to stear hurricanes away from DC. They never seem to have an answer for that. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2014, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haarp-and-cold-weather/680002/35 "2014-01-30T17:24:32Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > I just ask why the government doesn’t use HAARP to stear hurricanes away from DC. They never seem to have an answer for that. Aw, you talk to some slow nutjobs. “Because that would be too _obvious_, duh!” ---
**Author:** ![Staggerlee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/staggerlee/32/3134_2.png) [@Staggerlee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Staggerlee)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2014, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haarp-and-cold-weather/680002/36 "2014-01-30T21:50:58Z")
> [@arielburns](#): > > Is this a wide conspiracy to sell more natural gas, mittens? Yes it is; and don’t call me ‘mittens’. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2014, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haarp-and-cold-weather/680002/37 "2014-01-30T21:53:50Z")
Maybe he was talking to his cat. Or Romney. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haarp-and-cold-weather/680002.md?page=1)