Heck, they probably were trying out new particulates in order to get a bigger bang out of Milton, but they didn't get the right mixture or the particulates were the wrong type. Cloud seeding is just like crop seeding, if you don't get good seeds you don't get good results. They were using Milton as a test bed to see if their newest concoction would work to their expectations. Now the mixture on Helene did exactly what it was suppose to do, but Milton, not so much. Not enough destruction.
Heck, they probably were trying out new particulates in order to get a bigger bang out of Milton, but they didn't get the right mixture or the particulates were the wrong type. Cloud seeding is just like crop seeding, if you don't get good seeds you don't get good results. They were using Milton as a test bed to see if their newest concoction would work to their expectations. Now the mixture on Helene did exactly what it was suppose to do, but Milton, not so much. Not enough destruction.