The data are still being collected, but the information and data collected to date clearly indicate that weather modification projects do produce less hail and more precipitation. One of the larger problems with these projects is the lack of data. The data indicate that it suppresses or reduces hail. However, because of the erroneous perception that cloud seeding increases hail, cloud seeding does not take place if the potential for hail is present because the cloud seeders don t want to get blamed for it. Instead, the cloud seeders park the planes and let Mother Nature take the blame.
Flooding is caused by a number of factors.
If the forecaster sees flood potential from a weather system, there will be no seeding. You cannot get water out of a cloud that doesn t exist. Droughts might be minimized, but they cannot be prevented by cloud seeding. You must have moisture-laden clouds for seeding to be effective. In a way, the insurance companies do pay in Kansas, and it could be the same way here.