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Florida’s attorney general said state is ‘under attack’ from weather modification. Is that true?
A few days after a flash flood in Texas killed at least 135 people, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier promoted a new law he says will help the state avoid the same scenario.
He wasn’t talking about installing sirens or improving emergency warning systems. His message was about prohibiting weather modification.
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