Why isn't Cloud Seeding used in California to bring rain and avoid fires

[truedelphi]

First off, since Du has a lot of negativity lately - I am NOT suggesting that the fires in Southern California are THEIR fault.

I also live in California,and if my area had not gotten some wonderful rainstorms early in October, we could have been charred to the bone as well.

What I am asking is simple. I am no rocket scientist, but I have learned that there is a correlation between firestorms in California and the absence of rain. I lived across the Bay from Oakland when the fire happened there in the early 1990's. It rained two days later, and all I could think was, "Damn you, Rainstorm. Couldn't you have come two weeks ago!"(If you are not familiar with California weather - the state gets virtually NO rain from mid May till mid September, and sometimes much later than September.)

I never hear about Cloud Seeding, but why isn't it happening any more? I think they should Cloud seed California is early September and let the rain rip.

Or is there some health reason? One lady I know says the chemicals in the Cloud Seeding proved to be carcinogenic. Of course, the air that people in So California had to breathe after the fires was probably not too healthy. So I would say, I'll take the Cloud Seeding over the fires.