1.   And that might provide one way to seed clouds without the expense of airplanes.

2.   Inside, when thunderstorms develop nearby, meteorologist Curtis D. Smith operates radar, peers at computer screens and dispatches airplanes that seed clouds.

3.   Many sufferers say they are ready to seed the clouds.

4.   Scientists conducted experiments seeding clouds with silver iodine crystals, said Frank Lepore of the National Hurricane Center in Miami.

5.   The county Department of Public Works also seeds clouds to enhance rainfall near its underground water supply in the San Gabriel Mountains.

6.   Anas told reporters Wednesday that Indonesia was trying hard to extinguish the fires and to seed clouds to produce rain.

7.   Indonesia authorities have also tried unsuccessfully to seed clouds with salt crystals to induce rain.

8.   Prior to that, the Meteorological Services Department and the Royal Malaysian Air Force had been seeding clouds to induce rain.

9.   Thailand has offered the free use of water bombing planes, as Indonesia and Malaysia try desperately to seed clouds with salt to help make rain.

10.   The fires have produced a thick pall over many parts of Indonesia as well as neighboring Singapore and Malaysia, which is also seeding clouds.