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Augustus Doricko

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The Shawn Ryan Show
#217 Augustus Doricko - Did Cloud Seeding Cause the Texas Floods?

Rainmaker will do the same.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#217 Augustus Doricko - Did Cloud Seeding Cause the Texas Floods?

Correct.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#217 Augustus Doricko - Did Cloud Seeding Cause the Texas Floods?

Sure.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#217 Augustus Doricko - Did Cloud Seeding Cause the Texas Floods?

So just again, for those that haven't heard before about what cloud seeding is in no uncertain terms,

The Shawn Ryan Show
#217 Augustus Doricko - Did Cloud Seeding Cause the Texas Floods?

I run a cloud seeding company.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#217 Augustus Doricko - Did Cloud Seeding Cause the Texas Floods?

We make a little bit more rain and snow for farms or for reservoirs or for aquifers when they're dealing with drought.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#217 Augustus Doricko - Did Cloud Seeding Cause the Texas Floods?

Obviously, right now, after the flooding, Texas does not need more water.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#217 Augustus Doricko - Did Cloud Seeding Cause the Texas Floods?

And we've indefinitely suspended operations because of that.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#217 Augustus Doricko - Did Cloud Seeding Cause the Texas Floods?

And we'll keep them suspended until first responders have stopped working.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#217 Augustus Doricko - Did Cloud Seeding Cause the Texas Floods?

Cloud seeding is not long streaks in the sky.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#217 Augustus Doricko - Did Cloud Seeding Cause the Texas Floods?

It's not trying to dim out the sun.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#217 Augustus Doricko - Did Cloud Seeding Cause the Texas Floods?

It's certainly not creating hurricanes.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#217 Augustus Doricko - Did Cloud Seeding Cause the Texas Floods?

Cloud seeding is a technology that was invented in the US that relies on

The Shawn Ryan Show
#217 Augustus Doricko - Did Cloud Seeding Cause the Texas Floods?

clouds, natural clouds, with liquid water droplets in them.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#217 Augustus Doricko - Did Cloud Seeding Cause the Texas Floods?

And flying into those clouds, dispersing material that then freezes onto those drops, makes big enough, heavy enough snowflakes such that they fall and either fall as snow or melt back into rain.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#217 Augustus Doricko - Did Cloud Seeding Cause the Texas Floods?

We have customers throughout Texas.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#217 Augustus Doricko - Did Cloud Seeding Cause the Texas Floods?

The South Texas Weather Modification Association, the West Texas Weather Modification Association,

The Shawn Ryan Show
#217 Augustus Doricko - Did Cloud Seeding Cause the Texas Floods?

These are groups of counties and individual farms that pay us for cloud seeding because they historically have needed more water.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#217 Augustus Doricko - Did Cloud Seeding Cause the Texas Floods?

If you look even back to June 24th, not long ago, a lot of Texas, a lot of the hill country was in severe or moderate drought.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#217 Augustus Doricko - Did Cloud Seeding Cause the Texas Floods?

So what we were doing there on July 2nd and prior was trying to make more rain for these farms and for these reservoirs and to recharge the aquifer because they tend to need more water.

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