From: S. Troy Anderson, Concerned Citizen, Researcher, Published Writer

Sent: August 28, 2026

To: Mayors and Councils, All BC Municipalities, UBCM, BC Fire Chiefs

Subject: Exploding Wildfires and the Urgent Need to Stop Chemical-Induced Weather Experiments

To All it may concern,

Another summer of communities evacuated, 1000s of people losing their homes, massive fires burning out of control, smoke-filled air for weeks and months. Tremendous resources—human and financial—go into fighting fires that become larger, more volatile and greater in number every year. The strain on families, communities, business, tourism, health, and taxpayers is excessive. We’re continually told the crisis is due to climate change but this is not the whole picture. 

Recently, a Fire Chief told a CBC reporter that the Bald Range wildfire near Summerland doubled in size so fast that firefighters could do little but order over 12,000 people to evacuate. He said the fire “exploded”. CBC news presenter, Johanna Wagstaffe, said, “I’ve never seen anything like this as a meteorologist.” Back in 2018, during California’s deadliest-ever fire season, their exasperated Fire Chief told a reporter the “fire behaviour has changed, the fires are exploding.” And it gets worse. We’re now seeing fire tornadoes and on the weekend of August 22^nd over 7000 lightning strikes! 

This must be our call to action. It’s time to question why billions of pounds of flammable chemicals are sprayed into earth’s atmosphere every year—for over 50 years—and how this is contributing to exploding wildfires, extreme weather events, and other problems.

They call it ‘geoengineering’. Mexico has banned it. Seven American states have also banned it. Lawmakers in over 30 states are in the process of criminalizing atmospheric manipulation or climate intervention. Legislative bills are currently wending through the U.S. political system: New Jersey’s Bill 4161 “seeks to ban the release of hazardous chemicals for geoengineering”; North Carolina’s Bill 362 “amends environmental laws to bar intentional chemical releases for weather or sunlight manipulation”; Montana “prohibits releasing chemicals to alter weather or sunlight intensity”; Florida is “protecting natural weather patterns.” 

According to their Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS), the flammable chemicals being sprayed fundamentally conflict with fire, water and fire-fighting: Aluminum Particulate “reacts violently and/or explosively with water, steam or moisture.” Barium: “Contact with water releases flammable gases which may ignite spontaneously.” With Sodium Chloride, “avoid excess heat and exposure to moist air or water” or the chemical will explode. Sulphur dioxide “may explode if heated.” When using Silver Iodide, “excess heat is a condition to avoid—no data available for explosive limits.” Potassium Chloride must be “kept away from heat or sources of ignition.” Calcium Carbonate“may explode when heated” and “should not be released into the environment.” Aluminum Strontium “should not be released into the environment. Do not allow product to reach ground water, water course or sewage system.”Manganese: “keep away from heat, sparks or open flames.” Titanium Oxide, which are nano-particles, “must be kept away from open flames and sources of ignition.” Aluminum oxide: “avoid excessive heat.” And more. 

Canada has no domestic laws prohibiting chemical experiments involving solar radiation, weather modification or climate intervention. What we have is a Canada/U.S. Weather Modification Treaty, formed in 1975. (Verification documentation at the end of this letter). Canada’s only oversight over our skies is the toothless Weather Modification Information Act which politely asks only to be informed of what’s already been done. See UBC’s Bertram Research Group website for their active involvement in the region.

It must be noted that climate geoengineering makes $5 trillion in sales for the chemical industry every year. They sell both the flammable chemicals that can cause explosive fires and the dry chemicals they advise are “suitable for extinguishing” them. MSDS for flammable chemicals have pages and pages of missing data: “toxicological properties have not been fully investigated.” Effects on human health: “no information available.” Product flammability, burning rate, or explosion limits: “no information available.” Ecological information: “no information available.” No data for chemical stability or reactivity. After more than 50 years, there’s no information pertaining to downsides and negative effects? Or is that information being hidden?

We all know the history of industries claiming their products are safe and harmless, then it turns out they’re not. Thalidomide, big tobacco, and opioids are three of many examples. Corruption repeats—as do reaction patterns. When harms become evident, industries typically ignore, deny, explain away, and cover up; vested interests and profits are prioritized. Nothing changes until dedicated researchers and whistleblowers expose the facts to the people, who then organize and demand change. It’s not our fault if we didn’t know, or if we trusted and believed what they told us. But it is our fault if we learn the truth and kick the can down the road. 

We need everyone to share information, band together, call for government transparency, and demand a moratorium on chemical climate experimentation. The upcoming UBCM conference would be a good opportunity. You are our best defense. You can protect our health, our lives and livelihoods, our communities, our firefighters, our clean and clear atmosphere, our land and waterways, our shared future. 

Thank you for your honourable service and your attention to this urgent issue. Links to primary sources, documentation and high quality research listed below.  

Respectfully,

S. Troy Anderson

Lillooet, BC, V0K 1V0

Email: theLillooetGazette@gmail.com

Primary Source Documentation for Verification and Research 

Type or Copy/Paste into the search bar of your preferred Search Engine (Google, Firefox, Safari, Brave, etc)

1975 Weather Modification Treaty between Canada and U.S.  

Canada Weather Modification Information Act 

Bertram Research Group: UBC Chemistry Department

Material Safety Data Sheets and the chemical name – MSDS and Aluminum Particulate

State-level geoengineering bans: Florida, Montana and Beyond

Is geoengineering pushing us into climate chaos

Geoengineering Watch has been documenting this for over 20 years. See their excellent documentary, Hacking the Planet: the Geoengineering Reality

Chemtrails Exposed is a database of photos of climate experimentation, uploaded to the internet from concerned citizens all over the world.

Center for International Environmental Law Expose the Dangers of Geoengineering on Substack

EPA Releases New Online Resources Giving Americans Total Transparency on the Issues of Geoengineering and Contrails

Controversial Geoengineering Test Quietly Launches Salt Crystals into Atmosphere