WMOD00148

• Contract/Permit #: Denied
• Applicant: Western Kansas Groundwater
• Project Name: Kansas Weather Modification
• Title: Denied
• Date: 1/1/1996
• Weather Modification - Doc Type: Public Hearing

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WESTERN KANSAS WEATHER MODIFICATION PROGRAM
P.O. BOX 254 Lakin, ~S 67860
Phone: 316~355-6913 Pax 316-355-6915
e-mail: [e-mail]
Internet: http://www.pld.com/users/hailman/master.html

August 16, 1996

Colorado Water Conservation Board
ATTN: Mr. William Stanton
1313 Sherman Street, Room 721
Denver, CO 80203

. Dear Bill;

Below are the best estimates of the positions and times of the
two flights flown into Colorado the evening of August 14th:

RECEIVED
AUG 1 6 1996

Colorado Water
Conservation Board

1.

TlHEI~DTl
8:43 p.m.
8:45 p.m.
9:01 p.m.
9:05 p.m.

8:34 p.m.
8:35 p.m.
8:45 p.m.
8:48 p.m.
8:49 p.m.
8:54 p.m.

De9rees Imaqneticl/Distance
290/44
290/50
273/45
273/38

270/38
271/41
283/50
290/51
290/50
290/43

Inml from Radar ILakinl

2.

Please tell those calling you about our flying activities to
~op creating hail in Colorado and sending it to Kansas. We all
know they are doing something to create hail there because most of
the storms are hailing when they enter Kansas from Colorado. We're
only trying to protect ourselves by examining the clouds before
they enter Kansas to get a "leg up" on them. It's a little like
they're blaming us for a problem they themselves create. It's
pretty inconsiderate, downright mean_spirited and unneighborly of
them to cause such destruction in Kansas. Associates of ours here
say they've seen a lot of hail damage to corn crops and cantaloupes
traveling along Highway 50 this year, which only proves that what
I've said above is true.

However, we are not seeding inside Colorado, Please tell them
also, this is the last time I'm going to furnish them this kind of
information since I'm not required to. More importantly, I'm not
going to waste any more of my time in the future on this nonsense.

~rG1

Curtis D. Smith
Program Manager,