
Rainmaker Charles Hatfield (San Diego Flood!)
Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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Hatfield's Rainmaking Methods - Is Hatfield a Rainmaker?
Charles Hatfield was one of the world's most successful rainmakers. He used heat to cause chemical vapors to rise, and they don't have to get up that high to reach clouds. The breakthrough came in 1946 when a 40-year-old American scientist experimented with a cloud in a box at his lab.
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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.
