The latest flooding in Luzon has nothing to do with Habagat – it’s the outcome of cloud seeding during moonsoon season. What were these people thinking?

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My initial inquiry reported:
In 2026, cloud seeding operations in Tuguegarao City and the broader Cagayan Valley region were placed on hold as the onset of the rainy season provided natural rainfall, rendering artificial intervention unnecessary.
Although the Department of Agriculture (DA) had previously allocated a budget of ₱6 million in May 2026 to mitigate the effects of El Niño, officials confirmed that operations were suspended once significant rains began.
The DA and its Task Force El Niño are keeping cloud seeding capabilities on standby, ready to be activated only if prolonged dry conditions recur during the year.
A follow up inquiry showed that the cloud seeding wasn’t put on hold despite the onset of the rainy season.
Cloud Seeding in Tuguegarao / Cagayan Valley – 2026
Cloud seeding operations in Cagayan Valley were actively conducted in July–August 2026, not simply placed on hold.
Here’s a fuller picture:
Background & Trigger
A strong El Niño emerged in 2026, threatening to cut Philippine rice output by as much as 700,000 metric tons. The Department of Agriculture (DA) revived its Task Force El Niño in May 2026. In Cagayan Valley specifically, below-normal rainfall had reduced the Magat Reservoir to near its minimum operating level, drying up roughly 31,000 hectares of rice fields served by the Magat River Integrated Irrigation System and delaying land preparation across 90,000+ hectares of irrigated farmland.
Planning & Budget
March 2026: DA Cagayan Valley (RFO 2) began intensifying preparations, coordinating with the Philippine Air Force (PAF), Bureau of Soils and Water Management (BSWM), and National Irrigation Administration (NIA).
July 2026: DA formally launched ₱2.76 million worth of cloud seeding operations over the Magat Watershed, with a planned window of July through September and 30 hours of seeding sorties allocated.
Execution (August 2026)
A PAF-supervised Piper Aztec aircraft dispersed vacuum-dried sodium chloride into moisture-laden cumulus clouds at roughly 4,500 feet altitude, after radar and atmospheric assessments confirmed favorable cloud formations.
The PAF completed six cloud-seeding sorties over target areas including Alicia and Jones (Isabela), Solano (Nueva Vizcaya), and Maddela (Quirino).
The operations produced light to moderate rainfall, restoring soil moisture for rice and corn and contributing to the gradual replenishment of the Magat Reservoir.
One mission on August 3 was postponed due to unfavorable weather from Tropical Depression Luis, though TD Luis’s own rainfall also helped boost Cagayan Valley water reserves.
The PAF reported that the combined effect of seeding and natural rain raised the Magat Dam water level to 162.90 m above sea level, three meters above the critical 160-m threshold.
Tuguegarao’s Specific Role
Tuguegarao City, capital of Cagayan province, serves as a key observation and coordination hub. Sky and cloud spotters are stationed there (along with sites in Iguig, Enrile, Ilagan, and others) to monitor cloud formations and report rainfall. The city and its surroundings are among the targeted areas for seeding flights.Broader DA Strategy (as of late August 2026)
On August 30, the DA ordered all regional offices to shift to preventive measures rather than post-damage assistance. The strategy includes:Expanding cloud seeding and deploying solar-powered irrigation systems
Adjusting planting calendars to align with the Habagat (NE monsoon)
Distributing drought-tolerant seed varieties and diversifying crops (mung bean, watermelon, corn, onion)
Strengthening crop insurance and emergency financial assistance for vulnerable farmers
The PAF confirmed it remains on standby to provide ongoing technical and aviation support for future seeding operations should dry conditions recur.
𝗜𝗻 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺𝘀, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗔 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗔𝗙 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘄𝗲𝗱 𝘂𝗽 𝗯𝗶𝗴 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗱 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗮𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗽𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘆 𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻.
The fix is on. The government is covering up their cloud seeding operations – and shifting the blame to a typhoon outside the PAR.

These people are DUMB FUCKS!
Meanwhile, we continue with our mitigation efforts to prevent more widespread flooding in Northern Luzon.
“Habagat Suppression”
Situation Update: 09/01/2026
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*𝗦𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗟𝘂𝘇𝗼𝗻 𝘂𝗻𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗛𝗮𝗯𝗮𝗴𝗮𝘁 (𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘺 𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘚𝘬𝘺 𝘎𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘋𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘢)
* 𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝗡𝗖𝗥 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 (𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘟𝘓 𝘗𝘺𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘥𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘢 – 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳𝘴 / 𝘯𝘰𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘕𝘊𝘙 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘸𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘬𝘢𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘢𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘴)
* 𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗟𝘂𝘇𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 ( 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘢 – 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦, 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯, 𝘗𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘢)
* 𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵𝘄𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗟𝘂𝘇𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗲𝗱 ( 𝘸𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘢 – 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘢 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘴𝘰. 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘪𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 – 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦, 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴 – 𝘴𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸. 𝘪𝘧 𝘸𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘢 – 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘺 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘦 )
* Meanwhile in Southern Mindanao.. WALA KAMING PAKE!!! ![]()
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* 𝗣𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗸 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱.. 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥, 𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴
* 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗻𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁 ( 𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳, 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘹 )










































