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Was the July 4 Guadalupe River flood caused by cloud seeding? No.There’s a lot of misinformation floating around, but here are the facts:Cloud seeding cannot cause flooding on this scale. Scientific studies show it may only enhance rainfall by 5 to 15%—and even that’s limited to small areas under the right conditions. It simply cannot produce widespread, intense rainfall or multi-inch totals like what we saw on July 4.What did cause the flooding?This was a textbook case of a summer flood event. The setup included:Deep tropical moisture from the Pacific and the remnants of a Gulf tropical systemWeak upper-level winds, which allowed storms to repeatedly form and stall over the same areasHill Country terrain, which doesn’t absorb water well—causing rapid runoff into creeks and rivers like the GuadalupeThe result? Catastrophic flooding—not from weather manipulation, but from a combination of natural, well-understood meteorological ingredients.