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Re:Wildfires in Canada are creating their own weather system... by dxbydt on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @07:34PM (#27978871)
You don't need silver iodide & suchlike. You can build a simple catapult & fire drones into the cloud. The drone delivers an electric charge to the cloud. This dislodges the water which falls down as rain. This is already routine[1]

[1] https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-56428984

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Re:Wildfires in Canada are creating their own weather system... by ErikVandeWater on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @07:52PM (#27978961)
The article says they are in the proof of concept stage.
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Re:Wildfires in Canada are creating their own weather system... by dxbydt on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @08:08PM (#27979054)
that bbc report is from march. here's a recent update from last week. it actually works very well - lots of rain.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2021/07/21/cloud-s...

https://www.newsweek.com/dubai-creates-fake-rain-using-drone...

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