Intelligencer

Can China Control the Weather?

Weatherman Al wants to find out.

By Helin Jung
Published Aug 10, 2008

(Photo: George Napolitano/FilmMagic)

Al Roker says he isn’t worried about potential censorship while the Today show is in China. “I don’t consider myself a journalist,” he said at a luncheon for Bottle Shock on August 5. “I’m a weatherman. But they have this program that they say can modify the weather, a method of seeding the clouds, that they say they have perfected,” he said, sounding like a journo. “I’m curious about that.” Any other plans? “Last time, Matt and I did the luge together, wearing Spandex,” he said. “So we’ll have to do some tandem sport with, for me, an embarrassingly formfitting outfit.”