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<br />-24- <br /> <br />Comments on "Planned Weather Modification and the Severe <br />Weather Threat in the Central High Plains" <br /> <br />Wallace E. Howelll <br /> <br />Rural Route 3, Box 400, Golden, CO 80401 <br /> <br />31 August 1979 <br /> <br />The weather modification situation that Achtemeier (1979) <br />has considered is probably moot. Prevented from operating in <br />the face of forecasted severe weather and held responsible for <br />the unforecasted, what cloud seeder would take on the job? <br />And why should he when he can get around this difficulty <br />by operating a multi-purpose project for both rain stimulation <br />and hail suppression, perhaps with severe-storm mitigation thrown <br />in? If Dodge City is the subject of a multi-purpose weather mod- <br />ification program, seeding in the face of severe weather forecasts <br />will be part of it. <br />Operational cloud seeding will attain full stature only as <br />a coordinate part of the armamentarium by which society deals <br />with severe weather. Today, the principal means is insurance. <br />This is inefficient because it does not cut losses and only about <br />half the premiums come back as loss compensations. The rest pays <br />for ease of mind. Weather modification can be the partner of <br />insurance, mitigating some of the loss while insurance compensates <br />for some of the remainder. Here is a challenge. <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />REFERENCE <br /> <br />Achtemeier, Gary L., 1979: Planned weather modification and the <br />severe weather threat in the central High Plains. J. Appl. <br />Meteor., 18, 348-354. <br /> <br />lCertified Consulting Meteorologist <br /> <br />~ <br />