Yes, they're gone.
I mentioned this weeks ago to my husband, he says he doesn't pay any attention these days. But I keep pointing it out and every time there are none. This has been extremely unusual for at least ten years, most likely longer we just weren't paying any attention.
Unverifiable anecdotal information: Someone I know who works at an AFB and knows planes intimately did tell me years ago that there are regularly planes that load up cargo that no one is allowed near the plane while they do so. Before telling me this he said that there was no way that they had "chemicals" on board or he would know. After he said that, I asked why it couldn't be then that this stuff was loaded? He didn't have an answer.
Also, interestingly enough, where I live now I would visit in the summers as a child. I remember it raining almost every day in the afternoon. Since moving here more than fifteen years ago, it has never been that way... until recently. Mind you, it's not perfect, and it hasn't been like 5 rainy afternoons, two none kind of dependable, BUT in the summers prior it has been very, very dry. This year, I started a garden and I damn near don't have to water it because it has rained often enough. The heat has also been mild. Right now we should normally be running 100* days, but it's been in the 70-80's, very pleasant (still humid AF).
All the insane flooding in central US and the odd cold weather fluctuations are a side effect of the earth trying to right itself after all the chemical spraying in my opinion. Not that my opinion means jack since I lack any sort of science based degree. But hey, opinions and assholes right?
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