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Bookmark or Share- Did San Diego Hire a 'Rainmaker' to End a Drought in 1916?Self-styled "moisture accelerator" Charles Hatfield promised to fill the city's depleted reservoirs using a secret formula and 35-foot-tall "evaporating towers."
- Charles Hatfield: The "Rainmaker" That Brought On A Devastating FloodA sewing machine salesman and self-proclaimed "moisture accelerator," Charles Hatfield proved too powerful when he flooded San Diego in 1916.
- Charles Hatfield - WikipediaCharles Mallory Hatfield (July 15, 1875 – January 12, 1958) was an American "rainmaker".
- When San Diego Hired a Rainmaker a Century Ago, It PouredOnto the arid stage—and into San Diego’s city council chamber on December 13, 1915—stepped a potential savior. A dapper, 40-year-old sewing machine salesman named Charles Mallory Hatfield vowed to make it rain.
- Remembering the man who made it rain - Valley RoadrunnerKnown as the Rainmaker, Charles Hatfield was a folk legend who claimed that he successfully made it rain more than 500 times around the world. His rainmaking abilities nearly destroyed San Diego County in 1916 during a month-long torrential downpour and flood.
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