In 1915, during a particularly bad drought, San Diego hired rainmaker Charles Hatfield, who gave them more than they bargained for. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli get to know Hatfield, how he tried to make it rain, and what happened in San Diego.AI-powered
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Rainmaker Charles Hatfield (San Diego Flood!)
Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
The Moral Responsibility of Rainmakers
"There is a serious moral issue here. People are responsible for the consequences of their actions," he says. "I just don't think you can assign blame morally to people back then, either to the rainmakers or their employers."
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