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Why Does Rainmaker Say Cloud Seeding Did Not Cause the Texas Flood? · The Katie Miller Podcast

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How Humans are Artificially Manipulating Weather | KMP Ep.57

On this week’s episode of the Katie Miller Pod, Rainmaker Augustus Doricko sits down with Katie to talk about how he makes rain and snow for a living, the possibility of weather modification being used in war, and if seeding the skies is even safe for our health.

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  1. How Does Rainmaker Make Rain and Snow? at 1:40

    Despite the name Rainmaker, the company mostly makes snow. Full answer

  2. Why Does Rainmaker Say Cloud Seeding Did Not Cause the Texas Flood? at 7:10

    Rainmaker says it was a natural disaster and had nothing to do with cloud seeding. Full answer

  3. Why Does China Outmatch an American Startup on Weather Modification? at 13:29

    President Xi has made becoming a weather superpower a stated priority. Full answer

  4. How Do You Make Sure Cloud-seeded Water Is Clean? at 17:08

    Releasing 20 grams of silver iodide over a large area adds parts per quadrillion of silver iodide, not one part per million, which would exceed the EPA… Full answer

  5. How Autonomous Are the Cloud-seeding Drones? at 19:51

    Forward specialists, mostly veterans, wildcat firefighters, and ski patrol, unpack the drones and fly them using radar and satellite data. Full answer

  6. Why Does Federal Weather-modification Notice Fail to Reach People? at 23:40

    The only federal weather-modification rules date to 1972 and require a NOAA form that almost nobody sees. Full answer

  7. Why Do Utah and Colorado Regulate Cloud Seeding? at 28:21

    Cloud-seeding technology will be increasingly available to wanton, negligent, or malicious actors. Full answer

  8. How Do You Know Cloud Seeding Actually Works? at 30:00

    In January in Oregon with the Department of Agriculture, after two years of Rainmaker tests that mostly failed, drones seeded clouds and snow fell about 30… Full answer

  9. How Do You Think About Neuralink in the Future? at 37:05

    He calls Neuralink Jesus-level technology, as Elon has said: it can let someone communicate with their mind when they previously could not, and erase pain. Full answer

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