Show Cloud oud Seeding Impractical S. S L L. Weather Bureau Official Raps Rainmaking Plans Weather bureau officials in Salt Lake City Saturday attacked Utah's rainmaking plans as impractical im irn practical pl I Rainmaking ng experiments by cloud seeding still lacks definite I scientific proof J. J C. C Eberhardt chief of the Salt Lake weather I bureau said I Cloud seeding either with dry ice or with silver iodide zolide has not notI 1 t I been proved to increase precipitation precipitation I tation Mr Eberhardt stated staled In a meeting at atthe the capitol last j Wednesday county attorneys from several se Utah counties discussed I dis-I Its dis cussed ways and means of obtaining obtaining obtaining obtain obtain- ing with which to obtain carry carryon on the rainmaking experiments I They recommended permissive legislation to county commissions to levy a tax to meet such emergencies emer emer- In an official statement on the thc artificial rainmaking Mr l Eberhardt Eberhardt Eberhardt Eber Eber- hardt listed several questions on the subject which he says are arc I Iu u unanswered n a leI Ill 1 1 In how many cases can nature be be improved upon by addin adding adding add add- in ing ice particles artificially 2 In how ho many cases will iiI precipitation be reduced by an additional 3 3 Under what hat particular atmospheric atmospheric at at- conditions can rain be bc induced by artificial means 4 How much rain can be I produced by art artificial means t These questions are arc vital to toI I experiments in evaluating the the practical possibilities of rainmaking rainmaking rain rain- I makin making the weatherman said I The weather bureau has conducted conducted conducted con con- ducted hundreds of field tests and has published the results of oC observations Many lany experimenters experiment experiment- ers ens have ha reported only the rainmaking rainmaking rainmaking rain- rain making tests which they think have been successful he lie said and a factual picture of the possibilities possibilities possibilities pos pos- has therefore been difficult dif lit lit- to obtain There have been hundreds of or reports of great success in seeding seeding seeding seed seed- ing clouds and anti producing heavy showers The evidence indicates that in most cases the showers I would have occurred anyway anyay Mr l Eberhardt said from natural causes |