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A cloud-seeding startup did not cause the Texas floods
Despite conspiracy theories, there's no way that cloud seeding operations days before the storm could have influenced the floods, scientists say.
It’s true that Rainmaker was operating in that area a few days before the storm, but despite the online chatter, “cloud seeding had nothing to do” with the floods, said Katja Friedrich, an atmospheric scientist at the University of Colorado Boulder. In early 2017, Friedrich, Rauber, and their colleagues set up shop in Idaho to perform one of the most detailed studies of cloud seeding to date. Idaho Power seeds many clouds throughout the winter to boost the amount of water being collected behind their dams so they can generate electricity throughout the year.
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