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Green2Maroon said:

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Seeding clouds is an experimental process but I don't think it ever caused a flood.

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Well, according to Uncle Mark, LBJ admitted to "doing it" and they've been doing it for decades.

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I'll bet Uncle Mark is great at parties!

How do y'all stand each other? He seems so different from you.

Green2Maroon said:

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How do y'all stand each other? He seems so different from you.

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We avoid talking politics most of the time because he knows that we don't agree. Sometimes he just can't help himself. We get along because I have a LOT of patience for him (so, so much) and he hardly ever asks my opinion on things so I rarely give it.

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Well, according to Uncle Mark, LBJ admitted to "doing it" and they've been doing it for decades.

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They used to seed hurricanes back in the 60s using silver iodide. The theory was that the silver iodide caused the storm to "flare up" briefly but then weaken. It was found to be ineffective, and the last flight was flown in 1971. This bit of history is likely the basis of all of the nonsensical stuff that's out there today.

Project Stormfury
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Stormfury

My degree is in Meteorology, so this is interesting stuff to me (the silver iodide; not leaving out vinegar to clean the air).

It's VERY Mark for him to misunderstand iodide for iodine. I used to keep a list of all the words he mixed up, eg. he tells everyone that he's "ADA" but he means ADHD.

Seeding of clouds dates back to the 1940s. It has never been more than an infrequent experiment for the most part.

I think "ADA" implies a physical disability and not anything mental.

Green2Maroon said:

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People sleep on the i5 but it's underrated with the right graphics card and everything.

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Mine is overclocked and water-cooled, and paired with a GTX 760 and it handles everything I throw at it just fine, which for the most part is playing 1080 and higher videos. Any kind of games I'll run on a higher end HP laptop from 2021 because it handles those better than the desktop, but these are going to be older titles like Mass Effect Legendary.