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I haven't read Cloud Buster, but get the general idea of what it involves. For those not comfortable doing this kind of work and looking for a sure-fire weather control trick, why not try Rainmaker. I bought it for a Halloween gig thinking it would be a oneoff, but to my surprise it really does get great reactions.
Okay, its not impromtu, but making it rain on people is worth the effort!

sounds like a rip off to me

Hi, aren't we all forgetting that there is already a powerful weather changing routine already available to us? Of course for the best effect I would suggest performing this illusion only between the months of May through till August.

Simply check the weather forecast the night before (hot and sunny works best) and plan a picnic or other outing for the following day. One can then almost guarantee (some staticians put the figure at close to 87%) that rain, thunder, and if you're lucky, a typhoon will occur as soon as you prise open the marmalade.

For a more spontaneous effect, merely leave the house 'sans' jacket on a nice day or leave the umbrella hanging provocatively in the hall instead.

Good luck. (this advice of course only applies to the Great Britain area of the world)

The 'Ancients'were suppsoed to be good at this sort of thing, create the interest and put on a presentation, pattering away like the clappers whilst waiting for an eclipse or some other natural event to take place 'by and under' their command!

I was camping with a few families the other day. It seems I've gathered myself a bit of a reputation with kids and they all wanted me to perform. So I picked up a stone and started doing a routine with the stone. About 5 minutes into my 'show' (with the stone) I started getting a bit bored, but they all wanted more. At that moment I felt a drop of rain on my head and i said - "tell you what - how about we do something a bit more interesting and I make it rain". They all told me that that's impossible etc. - so i mumbled some magic words and said we should go indoors and with that it started pouring down..
Well it really worked - only problem was all the kids coming and asking me to please make it stop because they want to play..

I have since cut my hair and shaved my beard so none of them recognise me anymore. Now I can safely go camping without being asked to do magic...

PS. - I just noticed the sig that I've had for over a year now

I know I'm definitely one for chiming in on old threads, but having picked up this book recently I guess the thing to do is add to an existing review rather than write a new one.

I completely disagree with the original review. I found the book an entertaining read and reasonable value (I picked it up for twenty quid on eBay). There is a lot of superfluous content from my point of view - some repetition, a plethora of presentational ideas that are a bit 'way out' for me personally - but the meat of it is good.

I guess the basics of the 'method' must be pretty obvious to anyone here who has read about it or thought about it, but having read the book and learned what to look for I found myself busting clouds quite well within minutes, and I must admit it brought a smile to my face. I'd also have to take issue with Tyler's comment along the lines of 'everyone knows the weather changes in 20-30 minutes anyway', because the basic cloudbusting method here enables you to erase one of our fluffy friends in five minutes or even less - usually while the surrounding clouds remain or even grow larger.

My biggest personal issue with the whole thing might be its 'plausibility'. Once you've read it and learned about the clouds it is easy to think that people will see through it themselves... but on the other hand you only have to read people's comments on cloudbusting videos/websites around the web to see that people will buy it.

Finally, if nothing else I have to say that perhaps I am a know-nothing idiot but I did not know any of the info about clouds that is in this book and I have really enjoyed just sitting and watching them (besides 'busting' them). The book helped me rediscover an innocent, simple childhood pleasure and for that alone I am quite grateful.

I do believe that if this sort of feat suits your persona then 'Cloudbusting Secrets' is a worthwhile purchase.