Messing with the weather does not mean going out in the yard and cursing the sky after the fifth day of constant rain. Messing with the weather is now referred to as weather modification.
The conspiracy theorist have been talking about this for years. Unfortunately, it is no longer a theory, but may need to stay under the conspiracy heading.
A simple search on the internet under the title of weather manipulation or modification will bring up more information than thought possible. In fact, it is rather unnerving and can make one wonder why they bother to tune in for the late night weather report.
Let's say there is a particular part of the country that needs rain. It hasn't rained in this place for a long time and the experts in reading the weather signs tell us that it does not look like it will rain any time soon. People gather in prayer and people hold ceremonies and conduct rain dances but, still no rain. What to do? Bring in the cloud seeders.
Seeding clouds is the process of putting chemicals into clouds to make them produce rain. Silver iodide is one of these chemicals. When it is put into an already formed cloud in the sky, it can increase the amount of moisture in the cloud and therefore, make it rain. This seeding can be done by either shooting the chemical from the ground, or flying above and dropping it into the cloud.
This has been going on for quite some time. From the mid 60's to the 80's, the USA was looking into hurricane modification. The following tidbit of information comes directly from an article that can be found at www.now.northopgrumman.com: "The reasons for modifying weather vary, depending on where the operation takes place. Russia has removed cloud cover for a national holiday, while India has focused on encouraging rain to fall in drought conditions. China made headlines when authorities said they had cleared the skies by shooting salt-filled bullets into clouds ahead of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Then, in 2016, the Chinese government announced it had allocated 199 million yuan ($29.76 million) to spend on its weather modification program to combat drought and reduce the impact of natural disasters." It's even possible to make fresh snow for the ski slopes.
Humans have the most undesirable quirk when it comes to using technology against other humans. The United Nations has banned using the weather as a weapon. This fact alone, means it has either been used in the past or is being considered for the future.
Of all of my "outside of the box" theories, this is my least favorite. I do not think we should be messing around with nature. What happens when the manipulated weather does its job in one place but then moves on to reek havoc somewhere it is not needed? I wonder too, what did the people of Texas think as they watched Hurricane Harvey make landfall...... and then intensify?
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