Dubai Flood-Cloud seeding

[BLEmom]

I was curious about the cloud seeding talked about in relation to the flood. (There is no current evidence that the seeding caused the flood)

I found this science article interesting on what cloud seeding is and its pros and cons. 
https://letstalkscience.ca/educational-resources/stem-explained/what-cloud-seeding

[GeordieGirl]

I was reading about that the other day and how it wasn't true that this particular weather wasn't from cloud seeding. 

Apparently though, they have been known to use it over there just to get some rain. 

 

There was, however, a very unusual weather event in Dubai, a hurricane named Hanna. It was this that caused all the flooding, though of course, the conspiracy theorists like to jump on the bandwagon. 

 

Roll on the new world when none of this will be an issue ever again. 

 

[Desert Dan]

Cloud seeding is interesting but I think it has been around since the mid 1940's.    It looks like it can sometimes create a 10-15% increase in rainfall.

[Kunlesky]

I remember my Geography teacher from over 35 years ago touching on that subject briefly. One of the demerits I recalled was determining the precise location of the rainfall during winds without messing up the soil and the aquatic life. He did refer to cloud seeding as artificial rain. Here is an article that explains the science behind Cloud Seeding