“……we have to watch for daily heavy downpours that add up to increased runoff and potential flooding. This is going to be with us for the rest of our lives in Vermont,” Hill said.

Interest in cloud seeding and other weather modification programs has grown as similar research by climate change scientists goes mainstream.

If Vermonters remember anything about last year’s catastrophic flood, it is this: floods create huge amounts of trash and debris. For the last week, the flood-ridden Northeast Kingdom town has been without its transfer station.

The Lyndonville police chief was told he lived in a ‘500 year flood plain.’ “Well, guess what, we’re in year 501,” Harris said. Meanwhile, Bernie Sanders wants to see more action on carbon reduction.

The legislators appeared to have never heard about geoengineering.

The South Peacham Brook and the Passumpsic River became deadly flood zones to two Northeast Kingdom motorists.

Authorities have yet to determine if flooding, or some other reason, was the cause of death of the Peacham motorist.

Brook Road in Plainfield was washed out.

Street and basement flooding in Barre, businesses open. No flooding in Montpelier’s downtown – all in all, a sharp jab compared to the gut punch of last year’s July 10 flood.

“Employees inside FEMA say they’re concerned not just about how much the agency is spending on itself, as compared to Vermonters in need. They are also alarmed at how little FEMA is accomplishing despite all its internal spending,” Vermont Public reports.