He Seeded Clouds Over Texas. Then Came the Conspiracy Theories.
A Startup’s Mission to Make Rain Sparks Online Firestorm After Texas Floods When Augustus Doricko launched his cloud-seeding startup, Rainmaker, in 2023, he knew public skepticism would follow. But he never imagined the wave of online backlash he’d face after catastrophic floods swept through Texas in July 2025, leaving over 100 dead and many more…
