[ WP ] Scientists can finally manipulate the weather . As their first act , they decide to give everyone a white Christmas . Describe this Christmas .

`` Sir, please describe who you are, and what happened on the 25th December 2015.'' 
 
 `` I'm Frederick Gibaltar. I am... well.. was, the lead scientist in the White Christmas Project. 
 
 Our intent was to show the world that we perfected the weather control mechanisms. It worked fine on the small scale. As you know, we prevented three class 4 hurricanes, and several tornadoes in North America. 
 
 The White Christmas Project was our first attempt on a global scale. The science was sound; the calculations were perfect. And it worked! We had snow in Australia, in India, even the Sahara and the rest of Africa. We had snow everywhere! It was glorious! 
 
 We had reports from all over the world that children were looking to the sky in awe. Especially in places where it does not normally snow. Those were the best hours I can imagine; as an Adult and as a Child.'' 
 
 `` What happened then, Mr. Gibaltar?'' 
 
 `` Well, we... as I said, the calculations were perfect.'' 
 
 `` Yes? But does not quite tell the whole story does it?'' 
 
 `` Ahm... No. Look, we made a mistake. We did n't quite account for the unintended consequences.'' 
 
 `` Unintended consequences. That is one way to describe it. Please tell us about those... unintended consequences.'' 
 
 `` Now, first, as I said, it was snowing everywhere in the world. It appears that we might have miscommunicated what the White Christmas Project actually entails. In places like California, or Australia, drivers were rather unprepared for the snow. There have been numrous accidents on the road.'' 
 
 `` Numerous?'' 
 
 `` Well... several thousand casualties in the first few hours, actually.'' 
 
 `` That is was our report says as well. Please continue, and do not try to lighten the facts again. The situation is serious!'' 
 
 `` Of course, sir. We had more snowfall in some areas of Europe than anticipated. It accumulated over the hours. It brought down the electrical towers in many areas in Europe, cutting power in 63 % of households in France, Germany, and Switzerland. Unfortunately our control station in Berne was affected too. 
 
 We could not send any commands to the weather satellites. So the snow continued for 6 hours and 34 minutes longer than we anticipated. Due to the loss of communications, several satellites have shifted orbit, rendering the weather control system useless.'' 
 
 `` And the result of this?'' 
 
 `` You can obviously see this all around us now. It had a cascading effect on the climate of the earth, since we had snow literally everywhere. The crops for this year have failed to grow globally. There is a food shortage, and it is estimated that several million people have starved. Due to the melting snow, many places have been flooded, also resulting in substantial loss of life. The average temperature has gone down by at least one degree centigrade.'' 
 
 `` You omitted the worldwide rioting, civil unrest, the new ice cap in Canada and Scandinavia, as well as the many wars that have broken out do to the environmental changes. 
 
 Thank you for your testament. The tribunal will now decide what to do with you. 
 
 Your name might go down in history as the man who killed half the planet...'' 
 
 
 

