Catastrophic flooding is occurring in Central Texas this morning.

[quintessentone]

I think I know enough to see if it blew away or stayed in that area by the wind data. 

The CEO can't really be trusted as he has a very high bias as to it not being his companies problem.

The CEO has the knowledge of the technology to explain it to us, the same way, in your source, it was explained to us by Veteran Houston meteorologist Travis Herzog, who weighed in this week, calling the theory scientifically unfounded.

Let's listen to what he has to say, at least.

Play recording: Fireside Chat: Augustus Doricko, CEO of Rainmaker on Cloud Seeding

[BeyondKnowledge]

I am listening and searching. He is contradicting scientific papers on silver iodide cloud seeding.

Have a look at this. 

https://journals.ametsoc.org/configurabl...0_co_2.xml

Nine days is a lot longer than his stated 20 hours.

[quintessentone]

I am listening and searching. He is contradicting scientific papers on silver iodide cloud seeding.

Have a look at this. 

https://journals.ametsoc.org/configurabl...0_co_2.xml

Nine days is a lot longer than his stated 20 hours.

Without the specialized radar he mentions in the interview, how can they determine where the weather came from?

[BeyondKnowledge]

Without the specialized radar he mentions in the interview, how can they determine where the weather came from?

How about analyzing the amount of silver iodide in the rainfall. While it pretty much disapaits in the ground environment, I think they could measure the actual rainfall traces.

He is an engineer and businessman. He said just enough to calm some concerns but they did not ask actual questions about the flood poasibly being made worse by his company. Scripted questions?

He said nothing about how arriving new moisture countd be affected by the cloud seeding. He contradicts scientific papers. He would make a good lawyer or politician.

I think there is enough doubt that it should be investigated scientificly.

'History shows again and again
How nature points out the folly of men'

[putnam6]

Made me curious... with a complete novice weather analyst's eye, and Im sure Im missing a variable or 3

Depending on the altitude and when the cloud seeding was done, the wind patterns do blow it towards Kerrville generally...

At the speeds and direction the wind was blowing at altitudes between 18,000 and 30,000 feet since July 1st, it would have likely cleared before the rains on the 3rd and 4th or missed completely. Wind direction from 900 to 5000 feet was due north at 25-30mph, but at higher altitudes, where cloud seeding is effective between 15 000 and 30,000 feet, winds were blowing due east 15-25mph on the high end of 30,000

Perhaps the southernmost edge offered some residual effect, but it looks as if the bulk of the seeding occurred on the 2nd, and it likely had cleared Kerrville before the storms arrived. If cloud seeding equals humidity, you can easily see where the high humidity moves eastward, but it builds late in the evening on the 4th and comes from the northwest as winds shift at 10,000, blowing due southeast back over Kerrville. 





NOAA officials pretty much debunk the cloud seeding, saying it's incapable of controlling severe events like large-scale floods


https://www.newsweek.com/map-shows-where...as-2095552

Officials and experts have attested that weather modification efforts are incapable of controlling severe events like hurricanes or large-scale floods, with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration having previously issued fact checks dispelling claims about secret government weather control.

https://www.ventusky.com/?p=29.93;-99.59...0600&m=gfs

[BeyondKnowledge]

Made me curious... with a complete novice weather analyst's eye, and Im sure Im missing a variable or 3

Depending on the altitude and when the cloud seeding was done, the wind patterns do blow it towards Kerrville generally...

At the speeds and direction the wind was blowing at altitudes between 18,000 and 30,000 feet since July 1st, it would have likely cleared before the rains on the 3rd and 4th or missed completely. Wind direction from 900 to 5000 feet was due north at 25-30mph, but at higher altitudes, where cloud seeding is effective between 15 000 and 30,000 feet, winds were blowing due east 15-25mph on the high end of 30,000

Perhaps the southernmost edge offered some residual effect, but it looks as if the bulk of the seeding occurred on the 2nd, and it likely had cleared Kerrville before the storms arrived. If cloud seeding equals humidity, you can easily see where the high humidity moves eastward, but it builds late in the evening on the 4th and comes from the northwest as winds shift at 10,000, blowing due southeast back over Kerrville. 


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NOAA officials pretty much debunk the cloud seeding, saying it's incapable of controlling severe events like large-scale floods


https://www.newsweek.com/map-shows-where...as-2095552


https://www.ventusky.com/?p=29.93;-99.59...0600&m=gfs[Image: https://denyignorance.com/uploader/image...cement.jpg]

Thank you. That is what I was looking for after getting home. While the cloud seeding residue could have been in the air, it would have cleared the area of rainfall for that flood. 

Ok, the cloud seeding is most likely not a factor.
Another question answered and possibility eliminated.

[DontTreadOnMe]

Your earlier low-tech fire watch plan at each camp along the river would have likely made a huge difference.

Bare minimum

One person at each camp or RV park monitors the NWS watches and warnings and begins evacuations as soon as flash flood warnings are issued. 

AI suggests that Kerr County receives 2-5 flash flood warnings a year.

Between the counties, camps, and RV parks, it should be easy to have an emergency plan go into effect a few times a year.

If it's important enough to the citizens of those counties, and the owners and members of the camps and RV Parks

I know I have heard that sometimes evacuations are just as dangerous.
IIRC an earlier flood warning caused and evacuation and the bus got stranded.

I'm not saying nothing should be implemented to avoid such tragedies.
But that those plans can come with their own set of problems.

[putnam6]

I know I have heard that sometimes evacuations are just as dangerous.
IIRC an earlier flood warning caused and evacuation and the bus got stranded.

I'm not saying nothing should be implemented to avoid such tragedies.
But that those plans can come with their own set of problems.

100% it all depends on the topography; there are long stretches where the road would flood fairly quickly.

Especially for a flood of this magnitude...

[BeyondKnowledge]

CNN is actually being useful. Found a list of the unanswered questions and what is known about the hours just before the flood. 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/10/us/kerr-c...s-flooding

I hope they follow through and get a full timeline of the local government actions.

[Maxmars]

I know it's late in the convo...

But in regards to this horrific event being caused by human hands (so to speak.)

We're talking about a natural thing here... but then,

The pebble (or snowflake) doesn't vote... the avalanche does.

What they did in the context of the volume and time period we are talking about is only a pebble...

Makes me wonder if we can cascade tragedies...

Sorry, errant thought.