For an oversexed potboiler on this subject published 1978 see:
Weather War (Paperback)
by Leonard Leokum, Paul Posnick
if you can find a copy. Amazon says copies are for sale at $0.01. Shipping and handling will be extra.
They claim this about any and all adverse weather conditions.
Hoagland is on! Last year's hurricanes must really be a test case since 'we' (Russians) have the technology to make and stir hurricanes! But only the 'crazies' (Hoagland admits it! Sort of) have been looking at the data that proves it.
Hell yes!!!...them thar Russians can drive and direct Hurricanes at us now.....
If someone really wanted to smash the United States they would use a nuclear excavator on the west coast of La Palma, creating a soliton wave that would wipe out the entire east coast for 30 miles inland. I think the CIA have the critical area staked out though.
Those are two Russian names, so maybe that's where they got the idea.
Wow!! Who would have thought it? The Russians can manipulate the world climate but cannot rescue one of their own subs. Amazing.