Geoff Boyle
In September of 1991, an intense HP super cell dropped large hail (recorded as baseball sized) over 130 square kilometers in and around Calgary. The storm lasted 30mins and caused over $400 million dollars in damage. A month earlier, another hailstorm caused $50 million dollars in damage.
Trying to prevent another backlog of expensive insurance claims, a group of insurance companies arranged to have certain regions of the 3 Prairie Provinces cloud seeded. This has been going on for 14 years. Even though the insurance companies say that they have been successful, some local farmers disagree. While some say that tampering with the environment is unsafe, one farmer says the hailstorms have been pushed farther east.
I wanted to see what you guy’s thought about the practice, and the possibility of cloud seeding effecting the environment in a negative way. Personally, from looking at Environment Canada's records, I think the cloud seeding has been totally ineffective. $532 million in insurance claims, due to hailstorms alone, have been paid out between 1992 and 1998.
Trying to prevent another backlog of expensive insurance claims, a group of insurance companies arranged to have certain regions of the 3 Prairie Provinces cloud seeded. This has been going on for 14 years. Even though the insurance companies say that they have been successful, some local farmers disagree. While some say that tampering with the environment is unsafe, one farmer says the hailstorms have been pushed farther east.
I wanted to see what you guy’s thought about the practice, and the possibility of cloud seeding effecting the environment in a negative way. Personally, from looking at Environment Canada's records, I think the cloud seeding has been totally ineffective. $532 million in insurance claims, due to hailstorms alone, have been paid out between 1992 and 1998.
