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Andrew Rickert works for the Colorado Department of Natural Resources. He has the fantastic title of "Weather Modification Program Manager." Sounds almost god-like, doesn't it? We're going to talk with Andrew about cloud seeding. How does it work? How well does it work? And could it be at least a partial solution to drought in the American West? Oh, and if you make a cloud raid before it otherwise would, does that reduce the amount of rain available to wherever the cloud would have gone next? Cloud seeding gains steam as West faces worsening droughts - The Washington Post. And to consider real-world relevance: It's December, it hasn't snowed in Denver and records are falling - CNN