Global warming of the atmosphere causes droughts followed by atmospheric rivers and flooding. When the temperature of the atmosphere increases, the atmosphere can hold more water vapor or moisture. Because water vapor is a greenhouse gas, it heats up the atmosphere even more and it can hold even more water vapor. There is a viscous cycle from water vapor in the atmosphere and the heating of the atmosphere. The warmer the atmosphere, the more moisture it can hold. The atmosphere holds the moisture without letting it go and you have droughts. Eventually the atmosphere accumulates so much water vapor, it can’t hold it and just dumps it in the form of atmospheric rivers and flooding. Hence there is a cycle of droughts to atmospheric rivers to flooding. Atmospheric plasma antennas that are not in the transmit and recieve mode, but just plasma beams launched from lasers mounted on aircraft, can activate and enhance rainfall. The ions injected into the atmosphere will cause raindrop coalescence and subsequent rainfall. This will result in having moderate rainfall spaced at moderate intervals of time instead of droughts followed by atmospheric rivers and flooding. There is a type in laser that works for stopping droughts, atmospheric rivers, and flooding. Another type of laser works for dousing fires because some of the ions can ride the smoke particles.