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"Green Rainmaker" began as an application of the science highlighted in this document.
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There are 3 sections in this document. 1) Overview. 2) Projects. 3) Notes.
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Use the tool bar at the top of this doc for Section 3.
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I am Chris Searles, rainmaking practioner and author of these notes. Contact me: chris.searles@biointegrity.net
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For a simple video on "how to use this document", please watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSLAoGfQtME
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Watch my short video, "An Introduction to Rainmaking with Trees" here: https://youtu.be/kOL3WZZLMLA
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SECTION 1: OVERVIEW & BACKGROUND
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OVERVIEWThese 4 images from 2023 quickly tell the "rainmaking with trees" story.
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What am I doing? "Strategically" WATERING TREES, according to scientific findings. How does "rainmaking with trees" work? So far, by restoring transpiration- and photosynthesis-functionality to large, decidious trees in coordinated groves of 10 such trees or more, at the edges of large, connected forest systems... Essentially: large, decidiuous trees, particularly mature, old-growth trees, are exceptionally good at acquiring, utilizing and sharing cooled moisture through the air at micro levels via transpiration and transpiration winds (not yet being measured for moisture content or sharing i believe). The scientific cannon also shows trees and leaves share moisture through fog and cumulus and stratus cloud relationships, overhead, across, and thru landscape vegetation. The sharing piece, made possible via air-based transpiration (which is essentially ex-halation and inhalation it seems) and photosynthesis (processing of what's taken-in), or perhaps plants "drinking from and sweating into the air" is the best analogy, a critical component of survival and thriving for non-mobile life (closest related research: plant sensitivity to VPD, 2020). Moisture-sharing amongst plants is A GAMECHANGER for wildfire elimination, "micro-climate" restoration at regional scale, and rain attraction. 11 minute, simple synopsis video: https://youtu.be/kOL3WZZLMLA ↓1) Arrive at dry forest grove on greater forest-system edge. (That's me not smiling. These photos are from May 2023.)
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What is in this document?All notes, images and videos i have re: practioning of the science related to "rainmaking with trees."
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How i got hereAbout this Document & these Projects8/10/21, Earliest Footage2) Trickle-water superlative trunks until overhead clouds are generated or rapidly formed. Spread out the watering among at least 4 superlative trees per session. A couple of days of gentle watering is probably best to achieve this stage.
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In 2017 i read a study about how "the Amazon makes its own rain" (press, Wright, Fu, Warden, Lynn, 2017) and (Pöhlker, et al, 2012). From that point I started digging deeper into the research on forest rainfall stimulation, attraction, generation, and sharing via plant to plant transpiration, ecosystem moisture movements, interactions with clouds and atmospheric particles, temperature, and passive and temporarily dominant winds (Creed, et al, 2019). Ellison, et al (2017) and Jasechko, et al (2009) were seminal, overall. More studies here. Shortcut video here. In 2019 I implemented what i could from Pöhlker 2012 with a garden hose and got unforecast-rain six or more times over 11 or more waterings. All at a single location in central South Austin, where we had LARGE old growth live oaks in a neighborhood of large canopy deciduous trees (a suburban forest). Then Covid and a break in the action. Starting Summer/Fall of 2021 I began experimenting from time to time at a suburban forest grove in central North Austin (SITE2 below) using a garden hose to imitate rain effects. Varying results occured. Giant clouds would come & go, heavy winds, mass transpiration, but no rain. Winter 2022 I experiment in Buda, TX, with dramatic and similar results: sky-filling clouds, no rain. That Spring i moved to a new site in central South Austin (SITE1) and began experimenting with a small site off of Fitzhugh RD near Dripping Springs, TX (SITE3). Living on SITE1 allowed me to observe how things behaved 24/7. At first I watered infrequently, starting in May. But, by June 1, 2022 I got serious, spending a significant part of each day watering to try and cool the landscape and learn how to "bring the rain." By the end of that month there had been several super-local rain events over my home (SITE1). Attracted, it seemed to me, largely by my work. June rains are pretty unusual in Central Texas, and i could feel and see conditions change in real time as waterings progressed. By early July i had seen so many unusual events, after watering, i was confident in big tree/strategic watering's ability to bring rain. On July 10th, at SITE3 i stimulated an accidental rain, see video here. My intentional rainmaking "projects" phase began the next day, July 11. By August 11 I was testing the same watering techniques in southern Missouri, again successfully. Thus, by Sept. 13th I was in Willits, California, watering big trees to help "bring the rain" and prevent another season of Fall wildfire catastophes in California. (That was Success.) From July11 2022 to October31 2022 I designed, funded, carried-out and completed roughly 25 strategic tree grove re-hydration projects in Central Texas, Southern Missouri, and Northern/Central California. I had roughly 23 successes (got the intended result about 90% of the time), during that period. This doc shares all of the notes, images and videos i have on record for practioning of the science related to rainmaking with trees during the year 2022. I finalized these notes, January 2024.AuthorChris Searles, researcher, creator, planner, manager, practioner of this project: "Green Rainmaker." I am founder/director of BioIntegrity Partnerships, biointegrity.net. So far, our community has helped protect more than 300,000 acres of old growth tropical forests. Green Rainmaker is an application of the research supporting that advocacy. After Spritz-watering large tree leaf stomata. See video (includes more notes): https://vimeo.com/906397087 ↓↓
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Significant OutcomesReferences<-- i watered here3) Trickle water the next grove until misty cloud generation at companion location and/or stratus systems begin to appear over the greater landscape... After, and as, significant rehydration has taken place for the edge tree groves one is watering (which can take from 1 to 10+ waterings), larger scale rehydrated-tree-generated effects can be observed from under the canopies of the rehydrated trees, ie. the mist to stratus formations... These seem to indicate rain is near.
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SIX LANDSCAPE-CONDITION CHANGES are occuring consistently, in concert with these location-strategic canopy-spritzes and rootball rehydrations (of large, mature, deciduous trees): #1. Systemic Cooling, #2. Cloud Formation, #3. Air Circulation Increase (winds and breezes), #4. Moisture Circulation Increase (moister air, cooler air, greener vegetation), #5. Vegetative Rehydration ("greening" and onbserved wildfire threat elimination), and hopefilly, #6. On-site Rain Generation, Stimulation or Attraction: i water to empower the forest groves' ability to attract and catalyze or pull down rain systems. | | | | So far, "Generated" rains seem to consistently have about a 45-minute duration, starting with light dits, crescendoing to a heavy downpour for about 15 minutes and receding quickly to 15 minutes of light rain. Generated rains are exceptionally rare. "Generated rain swaths," sprinkles that fall for just a moment, are generally not noted here but are a more common, rare experience. "Stimulated" and "Attracted" rains demonstrate similar build-up to rain patterning, but are attaching-to and pulling-down overhead moisture inventory (systems passing through) and thus fall stochastically in accordance with a given system's dynamics. There does appear to be a restoration patterning after Attracted rains. | | | | These outcomes appear to occur as build-up stages across large areas of connected vegetation rapidly (within minutes to hours to a few days) depending on drought intensity and landscape inventory. Each of the outcomes listed above mitigates drought, eliminates wildfire risk, protects landscape carbon from decay, protects and increases property beauty and value, protects agriculture, livestock, equestrian stock, wildlife, biodiversity, and biosphere (life-support system) from further suffering and degradation, helps large and heritage trees recover from and buffer against heat stress and weather damage, protects continuation of outdoor recreation, sports, and gardening activities, and more: Strategic Tree Watering. Science. This project is entirely science-based. 100+ citations on how moisture moves through living systems for more. Real time weather data taken from my iPhone iOS16 Dark Sky: https://macrumors.com/2022/06/08/ios-16-weather-app-update, and https://howtogeek.com/880368/where-do-weather-apps-get-their-info-from. Historical weather data taken from the National Weather Service's "Austin Area" data sets (as shown in images below): https://weather.gov/wrh/climate?wfo=ewx. Ecoregions references from Texas Parks & Wildlife Department. One observation: relative to the actual tree inventory on these sites, these regions should probably be called "Mixed Live Oak Forest Island Remnants and Regrowth"), they have been pruned and pruned. I look fwd to a future when Texas' forests are abundant, moist and wild again: https://tpwd.texas.gov/education/hunter-education/online-course/wildlife-conservation/texas-ecoregions ↓
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May 1-July 10. LEARNINGS. (Learning Phase) In May i experimented at Site #1, seeing great results from various waterings. June 1 to about July 10 i conducted at least 10 multi-day experiments over multiple locations at my three sites to get a handle on forest grove rehydration dynamics. "PROJECTS" began in mid-July. May 1-Oct 31, 2022.
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July 10-Aug 6. The first PROJECTS are essentially a continuation of the learnings, but with more confidence in the outcomes (above) and the timing of the main event (rain or clouds). During this time i have record of P1-P4 as attempts to make rain (three successes on schedule). By early August I had seen enough consistency by working on sites 1, 2 and 3 through all of June and July that I was ready to take the same techniques to new regions to try and "bring the rain." Locations↓↓
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Aug. 6-12. In Missouri (Aug. 11 & 12) I knew we wouldn't get rain, but that extraordinary clouds could be shown, so I conducted a demo with my cousin (P5, see below). After that success, I/we decided to plan a trip to Northern California to: A) try the same techniques trees there and see if we get similar responses, and B) help prevent wildfire and bring an early end to wildfire season by generating clouds, restoring transpiration, and bringing rain. It took a few weeks to wrap up things and organize the right plan (sites & timing). [Aug 12-17 i was traveing. Eight project sites (see next section for detail), three strategic groups:
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Aug. 18-Sept 12. The National Weather Service shows Austin received 14 rains in this 26-day period. Pretty unusual this time of year. I was vigorously watering at all three sites during this time. • Group 1, TEXAS (Central) SITES 1-3. Projects: P1-P4, P6-P16, P21-P25.4) Trees Pulldown the Rain. (Picture of my stomach above) Either as "light to heavy" over several days or as "downpour to light" over several days, it seems. (This to me implies bio/eco-systemic manipulation of rainfall totals, per landscape needs, per annum, to some degree. Don't think that's been tested, but humans certainly have a range of water consumption needs per annum we build our civilizations around, so... why wouldn't landscape-linked, stationary species have established some kind of communication/coordination/survival/balancing intelligence about, influence on, or pure relationship with, the atmosphere. Again, research needed, but empiracally I've seen a lot of coordinated beneficial systemic effects be kickstarted from the landscape up from two summers of these waterings.
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Sept. 13-18. I purchased a ticket on Sept 9 for Sept 13-18, based on nearest airport to water supply and forests. I was also watching the weather forecasts over the region from several sources; there were clouds predicted weekend of Sept 17 over two of my sites, that had been enough to generate rain in Texas, in the past -- so i booked my ticket. And then i really lucked out. By the time i arrived in California, meterologists were talking of a distant Alaskan front that had the potential of reaching California and ralling as rain. This was ideal, from my perspective. The more moisture in the sky the better. Based on the science and my Austin practioning experiences, i belived my waterings could help attract and pull down that Alaskan rain. California often fronts not fall as rain. I wanted this one to be a game-changer. And it was. • Group 2, MISSOURI (Southwest of Springfield) SITE4. Project: P4.
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Sept. 20 - Oct. 31. I return to watering in south Austin (SITE 1), north Austin (SITE 2) & Dripping Springs (SITE 3). • Group 3, CALIFORNIA (Mid-Northern coast and mountains to top Central Desert / Central Valley. SITES 5-8, Projects: P17-P20.
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SITE1: "South Austin," Texas. May 1-Oct. 31, 2022. 10715 Slaughter Creek Dr. 78748 | Central, south, South Austin, TX (off of Menchaca) | +18 projects | Ecoregion: Texas post-oak savanah/Edwards Plateau (mixed forest) | Synopsis: Whenever i am at home (i live here during this period), i water nearly every day this property. "SITE #1L" denotes the adjoining forest plot at 10801 Slaughter Creek Drive). At first i spritz leaves (canopies) and trunks in small quantities seeing various effects. I first experiment with trickle-watering largest-tree rootballs on this site. Throughout the learnings and projects phase, this site generated all six effects and is particularly effective at: 1) generating COLD breezes on hot days, 2) increasing cool circulation at ground level, in general, 3) making clouds clouds clouds, 4) self-greening without rain (two way plant transpiration/moisture cycling), 5) generating light rains, gentle rains, rain swaths, and 6) attracting or co-stimulating downpours. The property is ideally located as an outer edge of the Mary Moore Searight forest and parks complex. More than 60 waterings total. (Group: TEXAS)P1. Success. July 11-14. SITE1. Generate Rainfall. "Made it rain" over the property on cue, July 14.P8. Success. Aug. 20. SITE2 & SITE1. Stimulate Rainfall I water South Austin too early because of schedule obligations, it's too wet, i know this. I also water North Austin at the usual Saturday time. The greater Austin metro gets Trace rain by midnight. P15. Success. Sep 5-7. SITE1. Stimulate / Attract / Generate Rain. (South Austin) I continue watering in the lead-up to California, testing various techniques. Light rains continue to fall over the ATX area on 5/7 (0.37"). P22. Fail. Sep 26-Oct 2. SITES1-3. No rain, but got cooler. (South Austin, North Austin, Dripping Springs) I continued watering at my three ATX area locations trying to "make it rain." South Austin is still moist (not thirsty, not as powerful, I'm actually having to lay off at this point), I focused more on North Austn's side trees again, got winds but don't think we can claim the cooling-off during this time of year, though it was a little cooler/milder/moister than usual for this time of year and those North Austin site-winds were INTENSE.
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SITE2: "North Austin," Texas. May 1-Oct. 31, 2022. 2200 -2008 Justin Ln. 78757 | Central, North Austin, TX | +11 projects | Ecoregion: Texas post-oak savanah/Edwards Plateau (mixed forest) | During this time i also water weekly at Episcopal Church of the Resurrection's 4-acre campus / community safe-space and garden, aka. "The G.I.F.T.", using the leaf spritzing method +90% of the time. This site never generated rain, but it appers to me to consistently: 1) generate HUGE clouds and heavy winds, 2) stimulate regional cloud systems, 3) dramatically lower the area's temperature, 4) attract heavier than normal to the site rains when rain systems move through. "The G.I.F.T." campus has more than a dozen large Live Oak trees and other large canopy trees, a deep-soil garden, and lots of hardwood mulch. More than 30 watering sessions, total. (Group: TEXAS)P2. Fail. July 15-31. SITE1. Results not as expected. No rain generated over the property during the July heat wave in Austin.P9. Success. Aug. 21. SITE1 & SITE3. Stimulate Rainfall. I water South Austin again too early because of schedule obligations. Again it's too wet and too early, again i know this. I the water Dripping Springs that afternoon at the wrong interval for generation and am not at all surprised when Austin gets only Trace rain by midnight. P16. Success. Sep 8-12. SITES1-3. Sustained Systemic Coolth. (South Austin, North Austin, Dripping Springs) ie. holding and cycling cool moisture in and over the landscape during a traditionally HOT time of year. I can feel and see these systems recharge. They don't need rain for a short time. I continue appropriate waterings to confirm that the transpiration cycle has been sated (fully-hydrated). No rain is attracted or generated. Note: i stop watering in ATX on Sep 12 to go to California, Austin immediately began heating up, hitting its high temp on Sep. 22 (98.1F).P23. Fail. Oct 3-9. SITES1-3. No rain. (South Austn, North Austin, Dripping Springs) I continued watering at my three ATX-area locations to bring the rain. Same story as Sept. 26-Oct.2.
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SITE3: "Dripping Springs," Texas. May 1-Oct. 31, 2022. 13004 Wells Fargo Tr. 78737 | Between Austin and Dripping Springs, TX. | +9 projects | Ecoregion: Edwards Plateau (mixed forest) | This is a family home. I began here by recharging the sponge system (soil moisture battery i installed in 2015), May-June. On July 10 I began experimenting with tree watering techniques on the biggest decidious trees, spritzing a few Live Oaks, then trickle-watering a Red Oak's rootball. After about 40 gallons of Red Oak rootball trickle, we got a completely unforecasted, super-local downpour (0.10"?) directly overhead the house and property (see photos and video in notes below) between 4:00-5:00pm that day (no other rain in the area). This event was an "anomaly." Rain in July? It was 102 when the downpour came, and brittle. From this point I continued working around the property to build up conditions for rain system attraction separately and in concert with the work going on at sites 1 & 2. The Dripping Springs site is capable of: 1) generating small rains, (this is still happening in 2023 & 2024, in various ways), 2) stimulating regional cloud formation, 3) systemic self-circulation/hydration (greening), and 4) attracting Large rain systems. More than 15 watering sessions in 2022, total. (Group: TEXAS)P3. Success. July 1-31. SITE2. Site Capabilities Confirmed. Confirmed amassed learnings for the grove of trees at The G.I.F.T. (the property), unique from sites 1 & 2, during this time, ie.: i) cloud making (garden trees), ii) large-area microclimate cooling - 5 or more large trees in one watering, iii) circulation increase - unusually heavy winds on the sanctuary side, particularly facing Justin Ln., and iv) cloud system stimulating - large live oaks most powerful, depending on which area of the grove one waters on (as exemplified in this very paragraph). The results became predictable at this point and just needed to be confirmed in the months ahead: no rain generation capability, although we do get bits of spritz under and near the canopies from time to time; immense cloud-system stimulation capacity; intense circulation capacity. P10. Success. August 22. SITE1. Trigger Rainfall and Increase Transpiration-based Rain generation over the area. I water South Austin in the morning & afternoon. There is NO heavy rain in the forecast. (See images below) At 838am there's a 30% chance of rain at noon, and that's it for the day. When i finish watering at 5:00pm, still no rain in the forecast for rest of the day/night. 20 minutes later the downpout begins. Austin ends up with 3.73" of rain for this day. P17. Success. Sep 13-16. SITES 5 & 6. Attracted Rainfall. (Willits, California) Helped attract drought-breaking rains to Willits, at a time of year when rain falling is extremely unlikely.P24. Success. Oct 10-16. SITES1-3. Trigger/Attract Rain. (South Austin, North Austin, Dripping Springs) Austin area gets Trace and 0.58 rainfall during this time.
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SITE4: "Springfield," Missouri. Aug 11-12, 2022. 8712 W Farm Rd 124, 65802 | Southwest of Springfield, MO | 1 project | Ecoregion: Springfield plateau (mixed oak/hickory/pine forest) | I perform a cloud-making demo on family land. The site generates HUGE clouds (abnormally-large) and cooler air after just two strategic waterings. See photos in longer notes below. Two waterings total. (Group: MISSOURI)P4. Success. July 28-Aug 5. SITE1 + SITE1L. Attract Rainfall. I water both our site and the adjoining property's large live oaks, specifically to generate rain. Initially the clouds come in late July, but with temperatures around 104 nearly every day of July into the first week of August, the sytem is dry and the build-up regresses. I figure that out, adjust and continue, aiming for Friday Aug. 5. We get significant rain Aug. 6 directly over our site. Video in longer notes below. Austin gets a trace. P11. Success. Aug. 22. SITES1-3. Attract Significant Rainfalll (to North Austin, Dripping Springs). My two other sites get drenched. (So does all of Austin.) So do all of the target areas downwind (Creed, 2017). At this point i also note how the forest i'm watering nearly daily (South Austin) potentially connects moisture flows, via large trees and wild vegetation, all the way to College Station. Rain intensity and spread generally seem treetop-guided and connected over vast regions (exactly as stated in the studies). P18. Success. Sep 14-16. SITE7. Attracted Rainfall. (Ft. Bragg, California) Helped attract drought-breaking to Ft. Bragg, at a time of year when rain falling is extremely unlikely (less than 5% for Ft. Bragg).P25. Success. Oct 17-31. SITES1-3. Attract Rain. (South Austin, North Austin, Dripping Springs) I water less frequently during these two weeks, on a per day basis than previous weeks. Austin area gets: 0.15, 0.86, Trace, 0.56, and 0.03 inches.
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SITE5: "WillitsRoad," California and SITE6: "Willits," California. Sep 13-16, 2022. 300 E Hill Rd. 95490 and this forest area (address available on request) | Willits, CA. area | 1 project (2 sites) | Ecozone: Outer North Coastal Ranges | I water in two locations here. First night, 9/13, i water close to town on Hill Road at SITE5, WillitsRoad. Then for the next three days, 9/14 - 9/16, i water at SITE6, Willits, just east of town in the mountain forest. I water at these sites to: 1) stimulate ground-based moisture circulation, 2) create a low-pressure air flow that attracts rainfall to the area from the ocean, surrounding forests, and incoming atmopsheric moisture, and 3) stimulate vegetative moisture-sharing and more rainfall downwind and crosswind of Willits. Four waterings total. (Group: CALIFORNIA)P5. Success. Aug 11 & 12. SITE4. Generate Giant Clouds. John Williams allows me to bucket water his largest trees over two afternoons after I tell him I think we can generate clouds (not rain), as a demo. On the second day the rainmakers (the trees) fill the sky with unusually large billows. Photos in longer notes below. P12. Success. Aug. 27-31. SITES1-3. Light rains keep coming (South Austin, North Austin and Dripping Springs). I'm lumping three rain events together. I was stimulation-watering all during this period at all three sites, attracting and pulling down various small showers and rains. I don't have notes, was figuring out California plan and running additional nonprofit projects. We received additional good-sized rains AFTER the historically large rain Aug. 22, on Aug. 27, 30 & 31 (00.03, 0.31, and 0.55"). P19. Success. Sep 17-18. SITE8. Attracted Rainfall. (Colusa, California) Helped attract drought-breaking to Colusa. Helped attract rain to Colusa, just days after Colusa's hottest day in its history (Sept. 11), and a string of record setting hot days in the few weeks before i arrived (https://www.extremeweatherwatch.com/cities/colusa/year-2022). Additionally, Colusa had not received rain -- other than one Trace event, since early June when i arrived on Sept. 17.
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SITE7. "Ft. Bragg," California. Sep 14-16, 2022. This forest area (address available on request) | Just south of Ft. Bragg, CA. | 1 project | Ecoregion: Northern California Coastal forests | I water the large trees on this property about 1/3rd of a mile from the Pacific, 9/14, 9/15, and 9/16 to try and achieve exactly the same measures as listed for SITE5 and SITE6 directly above: 1) stimulate ground-based moisture circulation, 2) create a low-pressure system that attracts rainfall from local resources, 3) stimulate vegetative moisture-sharing and more rainfall downwind and crosswind. Three watering sessions total. (Group: CALIFORNIA)P6. Success. Aug. 18. SITE1 & SITE1L. Trigger Rainfall. I return home to living on SITE1 from visiting family (Aug 6-17) and immediately work on stimulating the high % chance of thunderstorms that's in the forecast.... This is my first attempt at bringing rain after being out of town. If memory serves, rain was in Austin's forecast every day since the rain August 6. This time it falls, essentially on schedule. Austin gets 0.66". P13. Success. Sep 3. SITE1 & SITE2. Light rain (South Austin & North Austin). I continue watering in the lead-up to California, testing various techniques. Light rain falls over the ATX area (0.03"). P20. Success. Sep 13-18. SITES 5-8. Attract drought-breaking rains, send them southward, eliminate wildfire season. Northern California Region/Plan. THIS WORKS. I've since experienced the same effects working out of South Texas and Central Texas, watering from strategic locations to move moisture through fire-prone plants over 100s of miles, just through transpiration / sharing. In 2022, after my transpiration waterings across 3 counties in NoCal, there were just 6 fires for the rest of California for the year. Only 1 in our area (between this area and south of Los Angeles), burning just 80 acres. In 2023, same story burning just 23 acres. In 2021 about 27,000 acres burned in the same region. In 2020, +150,000 acres burned (including in LA). In 2019, +110,000 acres burned in my watering zone. 2018, about 115,000 acres burned. 2017, more than 500,000 acres burned in my zone. 2016, about 14,500 acres. 2015, about 1,275 acres. 2014, about 600,000 acres burned; 22 fires in my zone.
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SITE8. "Colusa," California. Sept. 17-18, 2022. 425 Webster St. 95932 | Colusa, CA | 1 project | Ecoregion: Central California Valley | I water at Colusa City Hall Sat 9/17 twice and once on Sunday 9/18. I water at this site to try and achieve exactly the same measures as listed for SITE5, SITE6 and SITE7 directly above: 1) stimulate ground-based moisture circulation, 2) create a low-pressure system that attracts rainfall from local resources, 3) stimulate vegetative moisture-sharing and more rainfall downwind and crosswind. Three watering sessions total. This is the final location in my "Kill Wildfire, NorCal 2022" waterings. (Group: CALIFORNIA)P7. Success. Aug. 19. SITE1. Trigger Rainfall. Next day, same thing. Day begins with a 70% chance of rain in the forecast, around 4pm. No rain comes, so at 4:45 i start watering and literally-BOOM. Rain starts falling. By 5:10 we've get 20 minutes of heavy rain. Total rain lasts roughly 3 hours. LCRA rain records do show Austin receiving rain this day. CHECK LONGER NOTESP14. Success. Sep 4. SITE1. Light rain (South Austin). I continue watering in the lead-up to California, testing various techniques. Light rains continue to fall over the ATX area (0.07"). P21. Fail. Sep 20-25. SITES 1-3 No rain + Got hotter. (South Austin, North Austin, Dripping Springs) I returned home to Central Texas from California and started watering at my three Austin area locations to "make" rain. SITE 1 (home) was still moist (not thirsty, so not as powerful), I focused more on SITE 2 (The GIFT) knowing it was unlikely. Note: i stop watering in ATX on Sep 12 to go to California, Austin immediately began heating up, hitting its high temp on Sep. 22 (98.1F). I resume watering in Austin Sep 20 or 21, immedaitely after returning from California. My three (sites') systems still seem moisture-sated, first few weeks. No rains fall over the ATX area again until mid-October.
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The NOTES below are a compilation of logs jotted down and voice-to-text transcribed during this series of experiments by a one-person team, lightly edited for clarity. Thanks for you patience with typos and other clerical errors.
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TEXAS (Austin area)Pic 1. 5/18/22 Site 1, 318pm, site-specific cloud generationPic 2. 25/21/22 Site 2, 147pm (~98F) generating haze in the heatPic 3. 5/21/22 Site 2, 200pm (~98F) 10 mins later: cumulus clouds forming (this pattern is consistent)MAY weather (AUSTIN AREA) --> weather.gov/wrh/climate?wfo=ew_May
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5/1 - 5/31Learning at North Austin (SITE #2)Weekly (Saturday) large tree waterings, nearest the Garden, perhaps 1 or 2 midweek spritzes further awat while watering shrubs and gardens Mists, clouds, greening. coolingphoto to the right -- >
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5/1-5/31Learning at South Austin (SITE #1)I try to generate rain. Our site gets heavy rain 5/21. Austin receives 0.3".Must've been a cold front coincidence??
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5/21, 23, 24, 25, 265 June rains over Austin (all my sites as well)While i'experimenting with infreqeuent watering we get 5 rain events (over the area), it often seems like they start from Site 1 in relation to my watering, significant cooling also occurs during this time via my waterings at Sites 1 & 2, especially Site 2, over the Austin area.Rains = 0.32, 0.01, T, 1.00, & 0.19" respectivelyNWS image far right shows May "weather" (precipitation and temperatures) -->
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6/21/22"""" Cooling, drought relief both overhead and at ground level Photos show dense grey clouds formed over the canopy and surrounding canopies at SITE1see HIGHLIGHTS tab (in this sheet) for images. Scroll --> for June observationsJUNE weather (AUSTIN AREA) weather.gov/wrh/climate?wfo=ewx_june_2022 -->
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6/22-6/27""""No notesDepth of water in ceramid outdoor bowl is about 1.25". Austin area got 1.68" on 6/27-6/28.
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6/28/22""""Extreme cooling and heavy rain "the green rain downpour", photos next page show about 1.25" rain in large salad bowlPhotos show off the unforecast heavy rain we got, seemingly "green rain" generated at SITE1. Austin Area got 1.68" on 6/27, according to the NWS.
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TEXAS (Austin area)OBSERVATION: Site 3, 7/10 - Raincloud generated over watering site / house (in yellow dotted line), followed by 45 minute downpour. Forecast was for Partly Cloudy.
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7/1-7/10Learning at SITES 1, 2 & 3Watering SITES 1, 2, & 3No notes
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7/10/22SPONTANEOUS GENERATION (Made it rain) at SITE #3, Dripping Springs.Put about 30 gallons into the front yard sponge that morning (~14'x14') and an additional 20 gallons into spritzing canopies, then drip irrigated the rootball of the largest Red Oak on site for several hours (roughly 50 gallons). Had been building up the moisture battery each weekend for about a month leading up to that, very low water use in total -- maybe 250 gallons over 4 weekends?It was 104 in Austin when the rainstorm started in DS (406PM), we got about 1/4" of rain in the later afternoon from directly overhead, it lasted 45-60 minutes, started with a drizzle in the sun, manifested into a full-on downpour (just like in 2019) -- see video -->GENERATED RAIN, see video: https://vimeo.com/729456673/7074ffaf8d also see PHOTOS tab (in this sheet) for more imagesvideo: https://vimeo.com/729456673/7074ffaf8d
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CLAIM: "I Kickstarted Rain Generation directly overhead."The image to the right (scroll -->) shows the temperature at the time the rain began AND the giant rain cloud directly over the house at DS1 (Site 3). House is shown in yellow dotted line. Main tree recieving the water is directly behind the center of this building, about 20 feet from the back door. We have seen additional rains, at varying levels of intensity, generated or stimulated by flash watering this tree (more often than not) since this first occurence. More images in the PHOTOS tab.JULY weather (AUSTIN AREA) --> https://www.weather.gov/wrh/climate?wfo=ewx
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7/11P1. begins, recharging SITE 1'S moisture battery, aiming for rain July 14Project 1 watering begins, no notes. our site seems to be ever-gaining and maintaining slightly greater self-cooling.
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7/12P1. ""No notes various canopy & deer waterings near trailer, our site seems to be ever-gaining and maintaining slightly greater self-cooling.
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7/13P1. ""No notes OBSERVATION: Bio/Ecosystem Self-circulation power. Our site continues to gain in self-cooling, even as Austin burns. I get blasts of cold air 2 or 3 times a day from the water circulating forest.
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7/14P1. Success. Stimulated rainfall in south, South Austin 2 (or 3) times The regional forecast shifted AFTER the rain event on 7/10 at SITE 3 from predciting 102F on 7/14 to predicing RAIN on 7/14 (40% chance). I got up early today (7/14) to water and help faciltate the other 60%. I watered my end of SITE 1 landscape extensively, and the deer. Did some hotspot mitigation throughout the day on the lawn and by wetting trunks. Stayed onsite till about 515, no rain, but the soil softened up as if it had rained and the air changed at about 4pm, on schedule with the first rain projecton, which was AMAZING to feel underfoot on a +100F day everywhere else. Then at 8pm IT RAINED a green rain downpour over the Continental Club. I got home to SITE 1 about 10:30pm and it was clear it had rained well. It was nearly gone by midnight (dried up), but then when I went out at 3am, the same ground was freshly rained on -- so we got 2 rains at SITE 1 (but not all over Austin) and a for sure Green Rain at the Continental Club, which is surrounded by old growth oaks on one side, around 8pm. National Weather Service (NWS) 's records show the Austin area got TRACE rain this night.No 7/14 ImagesNo 7/14 VideoSite 1, 7/28 - cumulus to stratus transition taking place2nd photo: Site 1, 7/29 - total haze overhead
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7/15-7/27P2. Fail. Trying to make rain over SITE1P2 begins & ends, working on the big trees closest to Derek's, then Karen's', then the yoga studio and the forest, then walkway to laurie's, no rain at SITE1.no rain, LOTS of cooling & wind LOTS of cloud generationNo imagesNo video
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7/28-8/2, 8/5P4 begins: working on large trees at SITE #1L. I am aiming to cataluze precipcation weekend of Fri 8/5. Rain comes 8/6. Began watering these trees (in the wrong order, so) first couple days were watering and figuring things out, effecetively only had 4 days of strategic wateringi seemed to be consistently generating large clouds overhead, the forecast for the week keeps getting cooler, then starts warming. discovered that spounging up a hotspot is one fo the smartest things you can do to generate systemic cooling2 highlights here. Also see PHOTOS (tab, this sheet) for more 7/28 & 7/29
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7/29P4. watering at SITE 1 and SITE 1Ltrunk washing, then rootball trickle wateringsgenerated dense foggy clouds over the site, cooled the site dramatically, softened site air created pleasant warm conditions, appeared to also generated cloud cover over the neighborhood2 VIDEOS from SITE1 i) 553 pm: https://vimeo.com/biointegrity/072922553 "Watering Trunks & Rootballs-only makes haze", and iii) 555 pm: https://vimeo.com/biointegrity/072922555 "Haze/Cloud-gauze is covering OUR area, forecast is for partly cloudy"
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7/1-7/31P3. Success. SITE2's capabilities confirmedI watered trees at The GIFT every Saturday May-June, trying to "cause" (generate) various "effects" from the atmosphere, Circulation and systenic cloud-making were a constaHEAVY WINDS stimulation, no rain, confirmedcooling & circulation capabilities confirmed.
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TEXAS (Austin area, continued)Monday 8/1 (graphic misabeled as Tuesday)Thursday 8/4Friday, 8/5Saturday, 8/6night watering in North Austin, Thurssday 8/4
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Mo 8/1P4. AM - Six 5 gallon buckets to largest Mama Oak in SITE 1L's front yard, Two 5 buckets two tallest next to her trailer, Two 5’s on largest oak by front gate entrance, Misted/sprinkle watered too hot spots by the driveway and some of the edge of the inner Circle Canopy, closest to Aaron -- All Franks rainwaterPM. It’s 145pm now, we still have gray cloudy directly over our tree canopies over the acres, cool breeze flushes, is still relatively dark as I look out my window… 97° in Austin5pm We’ve had shady days Sat Sun & Mon, since I heavily irrigated Friday, is around 100 and today533 pm still basically Shady, giant white clouds with gray bottoms covering up the sun, centering over our tree canopies… it’s 100 and Austin, feels like maybe 92-94 hereDownpour comes at about 4pm to SITE1 (graphic is mislabeled as 1pm). VIDEO: https://vimeo.com/biointegrity/080622
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Tu 8/2P4. i bucket watered OG trees on SITE 1L lot today (100 gallons), 730-930, mist sprayed for over an hour, and heavy spray it for about 20 minutes, Prbly 100-130 gallons, also Franks rainwaterThe circulation changes are radical, on this totally cloudless day, once again putting clouds over the canopy and sending dry leaves to the forest floor…. Higher winds, cleansing.And as I write this at 11AM it’s 77°, same temperature as at 8 AM. According to the iPhone was supposed to be 90 by 11 a.m., 93 by noon, Predicted high is 102. . . Eventually the city did hit it’s predicted high of 102, our thermometers read 100 but they remained shady and comfortable on site under the clouds in canopy all afternoon. .
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We 8/3P4. I did minimal watering of the big deciduous trees in the chicken coop in the hot spot next to the chicken coop today at SITE 1; Very light drip irrigation of the treessame outcome, our lot remained shady most of the dayJeff Haley stopped by and I sprayed water for about five minutes, which immediately put a large gray storm cloud in front of the sun, at about 330 in the afternoon, and of course stimulated a lot of circulation, he was impressed. No watering since. photos of me watering from 8/4/22, by Rob Seay, taken at SITE 2, The G.I.F.T.
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Th 8/4P4. 106F. the heat dome has been relentless since early June SITE 1. The predicted high was 104F but now we’re at 106F at 4:20 PM. no watering at all today or, here’s what I’ve noticed: massive circulation on site, couple things got blown off the clotheslineSITE 2: The GIFT. I water the old Grove Oaks on the north side of the ECR parking lot this night one by one 1130pm-1230am roughly, and watered the cherry tree and it’s general area that whole time with a light mist/soak; Rob Seay was present, took some photos; when i get home that night the forecast for Saturday is 102 no rain; when i check again the next mornig the forecast is for 95F with a 40% chance of rain; on Saturday when i drive out of town, 9am, the predicted high for the day has fallen to 93
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TH 8/4, that NIGHT/NEXT DAY:OBSERVATION: UNFORECAST SYSTEMIC CHANGE? After watering at SITE 2 (The GIFT), i notice a DRAMATIC shift in air quality: not only are things cooler, they're silkier than ever (and it's early August), VERY PLEASANT. We drive back to Central Austin (from North), takes 15 minutes, i drop Rob off at the continental club and notice THE SAME silkier and cooler air, it feels like the whole city is being bathed in vegetative moisture circulatiion on this night all of a sudden. Then I drive to SITE 1 (MY HOME) in central far-South Austin and again: same SILKY AIR, REMARKABLE COOLER feeling, super nice. From nocturnal transpiration? This was so super instantaneous, systemic change in less than 30 minutes over nearly all of Central Austin, it seemed.
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Fr 8/5P4. Lightly Soaked and mulched the hotspots by the gardens at SITE 1 before travel to Missouri.more large tree bucket trickling (off and on for hours), in the afternoon, AND sprayed a lot of the forest, total time 20 minutes (a light air irrigation), couldn’t possibly i’ve been even 10 gallons What I noticed this time is that even though it was 102 in Austin it was quite pleasant on the lot again, that when I quit watering really robust cleansing winds came through again,after I took my shower I got CHILLS for the first time even though the thermometer said it was 95F in Austin; there’s something about that cooling filmy air oyster circulation creates can feel cool on a hot day
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8/6P4. Success. GOT RAIN at SITE1.Watered SITE 3's biggest decidious trees early Sat morning;goal was to trigger rain and cooling, that seems to have worked.SITE 1L got 10+ minutes of green rain showers on Saturday 430pm; Sue also got 10 minutes of rain earlier, Amber in East Austin i think also reported a little rain. [The NWS guage shows no rain for the ATX area on this day.]8/6/22 RAIN VIDEO from the SITE1 (P4): https://vimeo.com/biointegrity/080622 AUGUST 2022 weather (AUSTIN AREA) --> https://www.weather.gov/wrh/climate?wfo=ewx
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Weather sinceOBSERVATION: Vegetation "takes control"? Austin has had rain in the forecast nearly every day since this drought-breaking rain was pulled down.
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8/11P5 (SITE 4, Springfield, Group2, Missouri), day 1.put about 150 gallons on the big mama burr (trunk and soils); put another hour's worth on the 2 trees closest to the spring & some interior trees stronger winds; next morning dew point SUPER high
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8/12P5. Success. Generated huge clouds over Cousin John's (Springfield, Missouri)I do early morning forest watering; SUPER DRIP (maybe 3 gallons an hour) on the roots of the most accessible old growth near ht eother sream at John's house; then roughly 515-615 pm i went back with about quadruple water pressure, watered those trunks limbs and soil, really soaked em (but with a light spray) for about an hour immedaitely after watering cloud activity had increased, within about an hour we got Giant clouds overhead, even felt like it might rain here and there for a moment (see Cousin John's "Holy Shit!" photo to right)(AUSTIN TX only) -->
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