Comments on: Cloud seeders say: Let it snow

In drought-prone Wyoming, researchers are looking to see if they really can fool Mother Nature.

[JackfromBerkeley]

Why stick with such a toxic seeding agent?

Realistically, silver is an expensive element, and iodine is toxic.
Also, if a seeded cloud gets out of hand and makes a tornado, who
pays? Is it still just an act of God? I'd suspect the seeder would be
made to pay, and that's really why we don't see this done more.
I'm surprised to hear Wyoming does so much of it. Maybe they
have a different legal system there. Cheney is from there, after all.
Also, does not the rain that this method wrings from the air,
belong further downwind, where it would have naturally fallen? Do
they not have a claim on that rain?

[203129769353146603573853850462]

Disagree with premises

First off, the Cheney commnet was gratuitous.

Second, water is made from hydrogen (flammable, non-breathable) and oxygen (an oxidizer, somewhat dangerous), therefore water is dangerous.

Siver iodide is only a nucleating agent introduced to a nearly-saturated atmosphere. It doesn't take much.

So, look up the MSDS, and figure out the dose you'd be getting, then get back to me.

[203129769353146603573853850462]

Stealing rain? Nah.

You wrote: "Also, does not the rain that this method wrings from the air, belong further downwind, where it would have naturally fallen? Do they not have a claim on that rain?"

Read my comment, it's going to Nebraksa, downwind and downstream, rather than to Indiana (for example, which gets plenty of rain).

[203129769353146603573853850462]

This is my "hometown" and water...

...gained through cloud seeding will largely go to Nebraska (to fulfill recently-affirmed legal requirements) via the North Platte River. The water is very badly needed downstream.

Wyoming is not pulling off a water grab, in case you were wondering.

Thought you might be curious about that.