Langmuir and assistant Vincent Schaefer worked closely together during the development of cloud seeding. Technological developments where man "plays god" do seem attract a lot of attention, and this is what happened. The media attention was not always welcome. When the lab attempted to cloud seed a hurricane off the US east coast in order to weaken it, the hurricane changed course and struck the Carolinas causing a lot of damage. After this event General Electric did not get involved in any further efforts to control hurricanes. Cloud seeding is used today around the world for other purposes. Vail Resorts in Colorado uses ground based cloud seeding to induce snowfall in the immediate vicinity of it's ski resorts. Cloud seeding is used in some semiarid climates to increase rainfall for crops.

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