Rain Scenario
Sam has been farming his fields for 40 years. This year his fields have been the driest he has ever had. This is the worst drought he has ever seen. He has only had a few sprinkles of rain since he planted his crops two months ago. Sam worries about not getting any rain because if his crops die and he can't sell them at the market, he will have no money to buy food and clothes for his family. Also, his daughter has been very sick and in the hospital for the last two weeks. Sam thinks he may have to sell his tractors and some of his land to pay the hospital bills if he doesnŐt have any crops to sell.
Sam has heard about this new technique to make it rain over his fields called "cloud seeding". He wants to use this technique to help his crops grow. He has hired an airplane to fly over his fields and drop small particles in the air. This will provide the water with a place to collect on and clouds will form. He hopes that this new technique will make it rain more over his fields and make his crops grow.
Sally has been farming the fields next to Sam and has become good friends with Sam and his family. Sally has had more rain than Sam all year. Her crops could still use some rain, but they are not nearly a bad as Sam's. Sally has heard of Sam's plans to hire an airplane to make more clouds and rain over his fields. Sally is worried that if Sam is successful with his plan to make it rain over his fields, there will not be enough moisture in the air to provide rain for her fields. Although Sally is very concerned for Sam and his problems as a result of the drought, she is also concerned about maintaining the quality of her crops so that she can sell them at harvest time in the market.
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