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Controlling Hurricanes?

Posted by Zonk on from the messing-with-mother-nature dept.

Phil Shapiro writes "With the cost of hurricane Katrina running as high as $100 billion, the thought of trying to control the severity of hurricanes should be mulled. Dissipating the energy of hurricanes as they're forming might be within the range of the feasible. Scientific American tackles this topic in an article last year, as does this crank. (I admit the crank is me.) Is this type of thing feasible, or is it best not even tried at all?"

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  1. Followup Article? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    This strikes me as the perfect segue from Bad Science in the Press.

              -ShadowRanger

  2. damn by cente · · Score: 5, Funny

    How about a hurricane *generator*.. but make it go in the exact opposite of the target storm.. now that'd be something I'd wanna see

  3. Re:Get The Power by ozmanjusri · · Score: 5, Funny

    No little wind farm, or even (on our scale) massive wind farm is going to change this.

    Wouldn't you just have to find the right butterfly, then swat the little bugger before if flaps it's wings?

    --
    "I've got more toys than Teruhisa Kitahara."