On August 23, a California weather-technology company called Rainmaker sent drones into clouds over Alaska's Kenai Peninsula. The company says its aircraft conducted seven coordinated cloud-seeding missions, releasing silver iodide into clouds already containing moisture.
On August 23, a California weather-technology company called Rainmaker sent drones into clouds over Alaska's Kenai Peninsula.
The company says its aircraft conducted seven coordinated cloud-seeding missions, releasing silver iodide into clouds already containing moisture.
Rainmaker estimates that the operation generated between 45 and 65 acre-feet of additional precipitation, with an average estimate of 57.6 acre-feet.
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On August 23, a California weather-technology company called Rainmaker sent drones into clouds over Alaska's Kenai Peninsula. The company says its aircraft conducted seven coordinated cloud-seeding missions, releasing silver iodide into clouds already containing moisture. Rainmaker estimates that the operation generated between 45 and 65 acre-feet of additional precipitation, with an average estimate of 57.6 acre-feet.
PNW STAFF Let's begin by getting something out of the way. Weather modification is not a conspiracy theory. The experiment illustrates something important.
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