Battle Over Weather Modification In Oklahoma
A multi-group dispute in Oklahoma centers on whether to pursue cloud seeding and weather modification, who should conduct it, and which methods to use. Federal, state, local authorities, farmers, and private operators clash over drought relief and research, with local programs already operating and state OSU evaluating cost benefits.
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Oklahoma
Farmer- Stockman
Farmer-Stockman
Irving P. Krick
OWMSC
David Hall
Drouth
Panhandle
Board of Regents of
Oklahoma State University
Ray Booker
Weather Science
Henry Bellman
Congress
Washington
Federal Agency
Weather Bureau
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOAA
Great Plains
National
Norman
Governor Hall
Eugene Bollay
Boulder
Colo
Environmental Research Laboratories
Barth
Southern Great Plains
Ft. Supply
Harper County
William T. Hughes
OSU Department of Electrical Engineering
State Board of Agriculture
Oklahoma City
Ferdie J. Deering
The
Forrest Nelson
Okla. Water Resources Board
Billy Ray Gowdy
Okla
Board of Agriculture
Ben R. Pettit Jr
Oklahoma City Municipal Water Dept
C. R. Holden
Tulsa Municipal Water Dept
Xj. D. Fleming
Oklahoma Farmers Union
xKen McFall
Exec
Oklahoma Farm Bureau
Dave Foster
Kingfisher
Oklahoma State Grange
Ellis Freeny
Oklahoma Cattlemen's Assn
Maps Show First Reports On Lawton Project
A weather front entered West Texas on the 14th and a disturbance moved through southwestern Oklahoma early on the 15th. The generator at Tipton started the evening of the 14th with thunderstorm cells forming west of the project area and ran until the morning of the 15th. Rainfall was spotty with a notably wet pocket over the watersheds.
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Texas
Oklahoma
Tipton
Project
New Mexico
Texas-Oklahoma Panhandle
Lawton
Lawton Oklahoma Considers Cloud Seeding for Water Runoff
Lawton officials discuss reinstating cloud seeding to improve Lake Lawtonka and Lake Ellsworth storage. Council authorized a contract on April 11 with one silver iodide unit active April 14 and operations from April 18 to 29 yielding enhanced rainfall and lake runoff.
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Lawton
Lake Lawtonka
Lake Ellsworth
Council
Tipton
South Dakota
Oklahoma
Woodsy Owl Calls for Action Against Pollution
Woodsy Owl promotes a national campaign for a clean environment. He urges citizens to join the fight against smog, polluted lakes, litter, dying forests, and harming wildlife, urging public responsibility.
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Woodsy Owl
Woodsy
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Gov. Hall
Bureau of Reclamation
Division of Atmospheric Water Resources Management
Denver
Archie Kahan
Clem Todd
Altus
Foss
Mountain Park
Weather Science, Inc
Jim Kinder, Sr
Cotton County
Board of Directors
Kinder
Max Barth
Harper County Weather Inc
Charles Rhoades
Oklahoma Wheat Commission
Leonard Solomon
Oklahoma Conservation Commission
Earl Abernathy
Oklahoma Wheat Growers Assn
Willis DeSpain
Enid
Exec. Sect
Okeene
Rex Inman
Dept. of Meteorology
University of Okla
William E. Hughes
Stillwater
Dept. of Elect
Eng
State Univ
xEmmett Pybus
TON, Okla
Ational Log
Lawton, Okla
Gulf
Plains
Frederick
Marlow
Lawton, Oklo
Crowell