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In an effort to reduce wildfires in Canada, a private company has teamed up with Canadian Wildfire Agencies to stop lightning from striking the ground. This operation ran through the 2024 and 2025 fire seasons and utilizes drones, planes, and AI to inject materials into storm systems. The program is ongoing.
The process is said to use aluminum-coated glass fibers to dissipate electrical charges in the atmosphere. While admitting the program is active, both B.C. Wildfire and Alberta Wildfire agencies refused to answer where it was taking place, whether they had given public notice, or what they were spraying.
In defense of these programs, officials and scientists say they are doing everything possible to reduce wildfire risk.
Amazingly, the Forest Service and General Electric tried this in the U.S. back in the 50s in Idaho and Montana. Those programs ended with unclear results.
It’s a crazy episode.
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