I think sometimes they do know what they're doing, but just want to look stupid as shit.

Right. The hardest thing is seeing the forest, when you're being bombarded with trees.

With all the typhoon activity flying around, it could be yet another year with northern Taiwan not copping a big-one. It might still be revving up for a late season spurt, but it's been several years - can't remember a longer period of no major activity.

On the cloud-seeding, apparently drones are the delivery device of choice these days - coz they're much cheaper & allow more focused targeting.