“Alright, alright. I was just making sure. But I digress! Yes, rain follows battles! Even Civil War soldiers knew it to be true! And why does it rain after military battles? Why?” “I don’t—” “My dear, it’s called the concussion theory. Explosions disturb the atmosphere’s equilibrium, making rain fall from the sky. Now, the good Lord has blessed us with a time of peace in this country—” he made an exaggerated sign of the cross on his chest—“but we are still in a time of hardship. And in times of hardship, we must turn to lessons we learned during times of war.”
This is an actual scientific theory put forth by those who believed they possessed the ability to control the weather. Rain merchants were sometimes scientists, sometimes con men, but all were unsuccessful in proving their claims.
