Alberta hail seeding operation protects against severe storm damage

When massive storm clouds build, pilots at the Springbank and Red Deer airports scramble into action in their twin engine King Air C90 cloud seeding aircraft. The teams are supported by meteorologists on the ground at the Didsbury/Olds Airport who monitor the building storms on their radar. Adam Brainard is the chief meteorologist with Weather Modification International, and says there are four meteorologists shifted to work around the clock. "We cover from the north near Ponoka, south to about