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Charles Hatfield Made It Rain in San Diego. The Problem Was He Couldn’t Make It Stop.

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In 1916, less than a month after Charles Hatfield began his efforts to bring rain to a parched San Diego, the county was deluged—valleys were leveled and over 20 people were dead.

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