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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: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. ;)