As the death toll from flash floods in central Texas over the 2025 Fourth of July weekend continued to climb, some people on social media suggested cloud seeding conducted by the company Rainmaker Technology Corporation was to blame for the devastating weather event.

Regardless, the process cannot create storms out of thin air. Ken Leppert, an associate professor of atmospheric science at the University of Louisiana Monroe, said it “had absolutely nothing” to do with the flash floods in Texas.

The concept of planes dropping substances over towns in rural areas of Texas has sparked conspiracies for years. Though, there’s some truth in one case – cloud seeding. Yes, there are companies contracted with the state to drop ice crystals into rain clouds to get them to drop some water.