Heavy rain pounded much of California beginning Feb. 18, leaving about 37 million people across the state under flood al
A Long Beach Fire Department Oceanside lifeguard loads sandbags at the Peninsula in Long Beach, Calif., Feb. 19, 2024, during the latest in a series of wet winter storms in the state. A four-year cloud seeding pilot program in California began in November. It targeted four mountain regions to increase precipitation during storms. Its ultimate goal is increasing the region’s water supply.
The video shows a woman speaking at a public meeting about a Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority cloud seeding program. She said there could be unintended consequences of cloud seeding, such as an increase in urban flooding and said the silver iodide used in the process is toxic. Photo shows Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison posing at “Defund the Police” event.
"You only have to look at a satellite image to see where the rain is coming from," said Gudrun Magnusdottir, a University of California, Irvine earth system science professor. She pointed to massive weather systems that have associated atmospheric rivers. "This means that if an area would have received one inch of precipitation without seeding, it would instead receive 1.045 inches with cloud seeding," Igel said."The cloud seeding then is not the determining factor for heavy rain."more than 50 years of research has shown no"measurable human or environmental effects resulting from the use of silver iodide.
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