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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. You tell us by KidHash · · Score: 1, Troll

    You're the one who's written the long article about it, so shouldn't we ask the professional - you tell us!

  2. Re:Control? by krymsin01 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Why bother with hurricans when you have shock and awe?

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    stuff
  3. Re:Global Impact by boaworm · · Score: 0, Troll

    The Creator? Hell, everytime we put up a brolly we are interrupting rain the Mother Nature "meant" to drop on our heads...

    You go to Hell! You got to Hell and you die!

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    Probable impossibilities are to be preferred to improbable possibilities.
    Aristotele
  4. Re:No, i wouldn't do it. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll
    the proveriable butterfly flapping it's wings in China could cause a hurricane in the US.

    You missed the point. Global warming is likely the cause of the last hurricanes that hit the US. Sorry, but I have no sympathy for the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gas.

  5. Re:Global Impact by ryanov · · Score: 1, Troll

    It's not true, however. Michael Moore did a spot about it on TV Nation. Black drivers wouldn't pick up the black guy either, even though he was an actor or something like that and the white guy was a convicted felon. I've heard that other places too -- there's a lot of discrimination against black people BY black people (police, etc.). IT's societal.

    Stop watching FOX news. ;)

  6. Don't let Bush read this... by Duck+of+Death · · Score: 0, Troll

    ...or the next thing you know, he will declare "War on Hurricanes", appoint a Hurricane Czar, demand Congress pass his $50B spending bill without review, and immediately start construction on 40 new nuclear submarines to "keep the scourge of Hurricanes from our shores." Anyone criticizing the effort will be attacked ("Why do you want Americans to lose their homes, Congressman? Why do you want them to die?").

    Remember, after Katrina everything is different. Now more than ever. We have to take the fight to the Hurricanes or risk facing them on American soil.

    Oh, and you'll probably have to give up a few more of your rights. We'll let you know which ones.

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    "Can I finish? Can I finish? ... Okay, I'm finished."
  7. Re:Global Impact by ryanov · · Score: 0, Troll

    And you're an elitist with a computer.