The Weather Makers — Ben Bova

The weather -- everyone complains about it but no one does anything about it.

Ted Marrett knows how to do things with weather, important things such as bringing rain to drought-stricken agricultural areas. And as soon as he does, the Pentagon decides that weather control should be a classified military project. The scientific and political infighting surrounding the project comes to a head as Marrett and his staff embark on Project Thunder -- in the eye of a gigantic hurricane!