Intuitively, raining iron would seem to indicate a climate which had already been superheated, so as to be more effect than cause.

However, there is a study out of Patagonia CC in southern Argentina, by the Ecology Deciento-dos class, under the supervision of Diego Garcia, which might indicate that raining iron actually contributes to atmospheric cooling by lowering the atmospheric density and therefore the calories which can be "carried".

So, the jury is out on that. Mr. Garcia is well-known as a soccer goalie and guard at the Bank of Patagonia. Folks thereabouts say he has never been known to lie, and besides he's armed.

If it ever happens on this Earth, be it known there will be a cost to limiting the amount of iron which rains, and countries like Tonga and Lichtenstein typically devote exactly none of their budgets to assist in these truly global problems.

When they start kicking in, then maybe, if it is indeed a problem, the US might consider doing something cheap and ineffective as a display of intentions.

But that's several thousand studies away. Need longitudinal information. Not just the screams of people as they burn to a crisp. Not definitive. You'd hollar too if you were being pelted by raining iron. That's panic, not science.

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