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Feds Say the Technology They Use to Control the Weather Doesn't Work

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Government Accountability Office released a report on cloud seeding.

The report focused on the practice of adding silver iodide crystals to clouds to make them bust and give up rain.

As droughts hit western states, many local governments are attempting to use the practice to bring the rains.

The GAO conceded there is some validity to the practice but that itâs impossible to measure its effectiveness.

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