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Can You Stop a Hurricane by Nuking It?
Live Science ^ | October 29, 2012 | Rachel Kaufman, TechNewsDaily Contributor

Posted on 10/30/2012 11:11:40 AM PDT by DogByte6RER

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To: DogByte6RER

we stopped the wind ... hope you don’t mind all the irradiated rain


21 posted on 10/30/2012 12:31:34 PM PDT by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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To: DogByte6RER
If it can be bought through the Acme Products Catalog - its GOTTA work ...


22 posted on 10/30/2012 12:42:48 PM PDT by Lmo56 (If ya wanna run with the big dawgs - ya gotta learn to piss in the tall grass ...)
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To: DogByte6RER

Yea, I can see how sending radio active material into the water supply and air would save lives.


23 posted on 10/30/2012 12:51:31 PM PDT by svcw (Why is one cell on another planet considered life, and in the womb it is not.)
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To: DogByte6RER

“A 1953 study found that the average thunderstorm over several hours expends enough energy to equal 50 A-bombs of the type that was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan during World War Two.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderstorm

“An “average” thunderstorm releases about as much energy in an hour as a 20-kiloton atomic bomb generates instantly.”

http://suite101.com/article/the-supercell-thunderstorm-just-one-step-to-becoming-a-tornado-a275415


24 posted on 10/30/2012 12:53:52 PM PDT by BwanaNdege (Man has often lost his way, but modern man has lost his address - Gilbert K. Chesterton)
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To: DogByte6RER

We thought that stopping forest fires was a good thing. It resulted on deadwood accumulating until a fire started which was too big to put out.

Hurricanes dump excess ocean heat into the upper atmosphere where it can dissipate. Stop enough hurricanes and the ocean will warm until super -hurricanes form.


25 posted on 10/30/2012 12:59:10 PM PDT by SauronOfMordor (To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize - Voltaire)
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To: DogByte6RER

That’s like shooting an elephant with a spitwad.


26 posted on 10/30/2012 1:24:04 PM PDT by Kirkwood (Zombie Hunter)
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“To affect a hurricane one would have to drop something as dense as a black hole into it, like Megan McCain.”

LOL


27 posted on 10/30/2012 2:11:35 PM PDT by RatSlayer
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To: DogByte6RER

>>> Please don’t make this personal.

When you post an article, people are going to respond to the title just like I did. Don’t take it personal just because your post is the first opportunity responders have to click on the “reply” button.

Yeah.. I thought it was interesting too. that’s why I read your post and responded to the idea... not you.

I could just see the look on the scientists faces after the nuke goes off and the hurricane keeps coming.
like... OOPS!


28 posted on 10/30/2012 10:08:57 PM PDT by Safrguns
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