Salem company looks to bring weather modification technology to Curry, Klamath counties
Alexander Jenkins III says his company has the technology to make it rain and he wants to share it with Curry and Klamath counties for free for three years. Jenkins, chief strategic and scientific officer for Salem-based Oannes Research and Development Corporation, says his company’s Aquaelicium device can desalinate ocean water to create clouds, fog, mist, direct-to-pipe water and even snow. He proposes to install devices in either Brookings or Gold Beach and in Klamath County. At the end of three years, he says, the coastal communities will have three years’ worth of water, salt and rare earth minerals such as cobalt and lithium to use how they see fit.