Since ancient times, people have sought to take control of the weather, adapt it to their needs, make it obedient, manageable. Nowadays, activist meteorologists protect millions of hectares of cotton and wheat fields, gardens, vineyards from destructive hailstorms, extinguish taiga fires with man-made rains, help Aeroflot's work, scattering fogs and low clouds over airfields, and fight thunderstorms on air routes...