Augustus Doricko

And it's not to say that, like, at this point in time, people totally trust the federal government, right?

I am very empathetic to that.

I do not think that they are always great at— Nobody trusts the federal government.

So far, that hasn't out-happened.

No, I agree.

I mean, another thing that keeps coming up, right, is like,

We will say something to the effect of, like, cloud seeding is a useful or effective way to produce more water for farms and ecosystems, and it's totally safe.

And then people will say, oh, safe and effective?

Safe and effective?

We've heard that before, right?

Doesn't sound so safe and effective.

That is a really hard portion of the information landscape that we operate in now.

I think the only solutions to that are,

to the extent there are any good people left in the government, them scrutinizing this, and then me continuing to provide as much information as I can and answering as many questions as I can.

You know, there's people with like four followers on Twitter that ask me some question about silver iodide toxicity.

And I'm trying to respond to every single one of those.

I see you doing it.

I see you doing it.

Well, for one, I would say despite all of our attempts to save money federally and cut the budget, which

In the abstract, I am in favor of cutting the budget in a way that prevents us from building critical infrastructure for either forecasting or severe weather alerts and flood alerts.