Record‑breaking rain turned highways into rivers and sparked viral claims that “weather‑control” flights triggered the disaster. WRAL climate reporter Liz McLaughlin investigates.
0:00 Intro: four “1‑in‑1,000‑year” floods in a week
0:34 How cloud seeding works
1:12 Rainmaker CEO Augustus Doricko: “Sub‑centimeter rainfall—nowhere near a flood”
2:05 NC State meteorologist Dr. Gary Lackmann on warm oceans and water‑vapor “fuel”
3:28 Why physicists say cloud seeding can’t manufacture a deluge
4:05 North Carolina’s proposed geoengineering ban (HB 362)
4:45 Bottom line: greenhouse gases vs. weather conspiracy theories
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