Drone Cloud-Seeding Sparks Alaska Outcry | Anchorage News

A California-based tech firm, Rainmaker, sparked outrage in Alaska after secretly deploying drone-based cloud-seeding near Homer, dropping silver iodide to induce rain and snow — claiming it’s for water conservation. Local residents and elected officials are furious, demanding transparency and accountability, with one lawmaker sending a cease and desist letter. While the company says it followed FAA rules and notified agencies, critics argue no one should be dumping materials over communities without consent or public notice. State regulators are now reviewing the operation, and Rainmaker has promised a town hall — complete with metal detectors — to address concerns, but tensions remain high as locals push for greater control over weather modification experiments.

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