Cloud seeding pilots weigh storm risks for hail suppression
Geiger weighs launching four cloud seeding planes as Delsing and Smith monitor a building storm. Pilots spray silver iodide to seed ice crystals and promote precipitation while GPS tracks flight paths and generators burn. After hours, rain is detected with no hail reported and crews head back to base for refueling.
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Geiger
Delsing
Smith
Warren Harkness
Seot
Stanton County
Steve Phillips
Syracuse
WKWMP
Kyle Spencer
Scott City
Big Bow
Cloud seeding mission turns terrifying ride over storm
Kathy Hanks recalls tagging along with a cloud seeding crew in a 40 year old plane. Turbulence, lightning, and flickering gauges turn a routine assignment into a deadly-feeling aerial battle. After two hours, the pilot orders a return to base through the storm, ending with a cautious sense of relief.
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Tad Delsing
Delsing
Lakin
Officials confront meth trafficking and HIDTA efforts in Kansas
Finney County law enforcement detail federal state cross action on meth cases with HIDTA support across Iowa Kansas Missouri Nebraska North and South Dakota. Training gaps and lab dangers hinder near calls as agencies coordinate to eradi cate meth while noting health risks and long term costs.
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U.S. Attorney’s Office
Wheeler
Finney County
John
Kansas
Iowa
Missouri
Nebraska
North
South Dakota
Hidta
Cherokee
Crawford
Johnson
Labette
Leavenworth
Saline
Seward
Barton
Sedgwick
Finney
Shawnee
Miami
Franklin
Wyandotte
Kearny County
Darrell Walters
Walters
DEA
Greeley
Weather modification program saves $60 million in crop protection
Kansas study by the Kansas Water Office reports WKWMP reduced crop hail damage by 27 percent with a 37 to 1 benefit to cost ratio. Counties pay per acre for land participation while funding pressures push the program toward possible equipment selloff or revival strategies as Northwest District dissolves.
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Kearny
Finney
Haskell
Kansas Water Office
Lebbin
Charlie
North
West Kansas
Smith
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Fortis Health
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Statefarm.com
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance
Bloomington
Illinois
Fortis
St. Catherine Hospital
Susan Rutter
Medina
Catholic Health Ee Ae Ee
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