Although weather modification can only be used to affect certain areas of the globe in the way they intend it to, it still affects global weather patterns in an uncontrolled way. For instance if you draw the moisture or warm air in the atmosphere to one specific area, it will be drawn away from other areas. You end up with abnormal weather patterns in those other areas.
I see your point but the atmosphere is too large. Ever see a large volcanic explosion from the ground and then see it from a satellite 200 miles above it? It looks huge from the ground and tiny from the satellite.
You're talking about surface-level activity, which is stymied more by the air pressure and surface winds than in the ionosphere, where WM tech has its effect. All I'm saying is that the ionosphere is less impeded by these sorts of things than at lower levels, so uncontrolled effects can occur at much greater distances. It also depends on how they guide the heat and from what locations in order to get the effects they want at a specific spot. They don't target the spot they want to cause a storm at. They target other spots to drive the weather in whatever way they need to to affect that spot. So there are always other spots being affected.
I see your point.
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