After all, he said, "we know that this mountain and its trees attract rain.
The material is also hydrophilic, attracting rain as a sheet of water that washes off the residue.
Some evidence suggests that forests attract rain and that deforestation contributes to changes in rainfall and temperature.
One component of dubious value is attracting attention: "Rain Room," a high-tech amusement in a temporary structure next door to MoMA's 53rd Street building in Manhattan.
"When the [ocean] waters are warmer in the Northern Hemisphere, rains are attracted farther north, and when they are warmer in the Southern Hemisphere, it doesn't get as far north," Held explains.
To accommodate as many people as possible, the Museum of Modern Art has decided to extend its hours — just on Sunday, and just that room — keeping it open until midnight, rather than 5 30 p.m. Since it opened on May 12 at a vacant lot to the west of MoMA on 54th Street, "Rain Room" has attracted about 65,000 visitors, some of whom have waited in line for up to nine hours.
The last episode of The X-Files to reach over 20 million viewers was "The Rain King", which attracted 21.24 million.
The press conference for Rain Room also attracted the creators of the art installation, a pair of London-based visionaries from Germany: co-founders and co-directors of rAndom International, Hannes Koch and Florian Ortkrass.
Monday's celebrations follow Sunday's spectacular River Thames pageant which attracted hundreds of thousands of rain-soaked people to watch the flotilla of 1,000 vessels as street parties took place across the country.
Of course, when it rains it pours and Vonn quickly attracted the attention of many men who agreed with her hashtag #worthashot.
