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Weather modification in Texas history dates to 1880s era
Texas weather modification stretches back to the 1880s with U S Department of Agriculture backed experiments by General R G Dyrenforth using balloons to drop explosives into clouds to induce rain. Subsequent trials through 1970s 80s covered Post City kites silver iodide seeding and drought relief programs across West Texas Hale Floyd Bailey and Lamb counties San Angelo Big Spring and other districts.
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Texas
U.S. Department of Agriculture
R. G. Dyrenforth
High Plains
C. W. Post
Post City
Post
Davis Mountains
Jeff Davis County
Southwest Weather Research, Inc
Texas Supreme Court
Hale
Floyd
Bailey
Lamb
Ranchers and Farmers Association For
TWDB
West
San Angelo
Port Aransas
Central
Oklahoma
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
BuRec
Southwest Cooperative Program
Twin Buttes
Fisher
Colorado River
Big Spring
Snyder
Lake Spence
Lake Thomas
Lake Ivie
Borden
Scurry
Howard
Mitchell