PRESSING 001
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100 million Americans live with drought · the sky holds 10.5B acre-feet · demand is 3.7B · seeding adds up to 20%
IN THIS ISSUE · 02
The Utah Special.
The American West is running out of water. Rainmaker flies drones into winter storms to make more of it, and proves every drop with radar. This pressing is the record from the Bear River Basin: one winter, two states, thirty-two aircraft, and the first rain anyone could measure.
- 03 From the Field The weather report is now a job description.
- 04 Cloud Seeding 101 Explained over coffee. Four steps, three numbers, zero folklore.
- 05 Field Report: Bear River This winter, two states chose rain.
- 06 The Interviews: Aayush A The man who taught a drone to love ice.
- 07 The Interviews: Adam D Sixteen hours to stand under a rain cloud.
- 08 The Ledger How much water are we talking? Plus: the founder’s word.
- 09 The Map Where the rain gets made. Every operation, sourced.
- 10 Join the Crew Rainmaker is hiring exceptional engineers and operators.
- 11 The Sky Is the Office Field notes continue in Pressing 002.
- 12 The Manifesto End drought forever.
NOWCASTING · THE DISPATCHES
The weather, called as it happens.
Every edition of Rainmaker’s quarterly newsletter, republished in full. Start with the latest, or read back to the first.
THE MAP · NATIONAL FOOTPRINT
Where the rain gets made.
Every operation, sourced. Tap a marker for its field briefing: what flew, who contracted it, and the report or agency filing behind it.
Every marker is backed by a primary source where one exists: a Rainmaker field report or a state agency filing, with press corroboration otherwise. Gill Area, Colorado is listed per public reporting while state permit records are verified. This Pressing documents the Bear River Basin in full; the wider footprint is compiled from public filings and reporting as of mid-2026. International work, beginning with the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is listed beyond the map.
COLOPHON
RAINMAKER PRESS, Pressing 001. Set in Flecha Bronzea and Founders Grotesk. Inks: dark green 0B2E1A, cream F5F0E6, neon C8F000, soft black 1A1A1A. Photography graded warm, grained, and taken where the work is. Printed to be kept.