Cloud seeding behind New Jersey, New York floods? Theories surface amid state of emergency
Cloud seeding involves tinkering with the composition of clouds by releasing chemicals, such as silver iodide, potassium iodide, or dry ice, into the cloud. When central Texas was flooded through the Fourth of July weekend, similar theories about cloud seeding being responsible for it surfaced. Even Florida Governor Ron DeSantis shared a post linking the devastating floods in central Texas with cloud seeding.
However, as the New York Times reported, such theories have been debunked. Cloud seeding was not responsible for the floods is Texas, and likely not responsible for the flash floods in New York and New Jersey, either. Nonetheless, the conspiracy theories about cloud seeding causing the flash floods gained ground once again amid the New York and New Jersey floods.
Also read: New Jersey state of emergency: NJ Turnpike completely flooded; scary scenes at New Providence
'It's Geoengineering. I guarantee it. Or cloud seeding whatever you want to call it,' one user wrote.
"Who's paying for the cloud seeding," wrote another.
'This is totally normal I'm sure cloud seeding and geo-engineering have nothing to do with it!' wrote another.
The weather conditions are expected to deteriorate further as NWS forecasts further rainfall through Monday evening.
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