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Hurricane's Eye Reveals a New Power Source
Taking a closer look at the seemingly calm center of a hurricane, NASA researchers have been able to determine a few clues about what powers a hurricane. "Using computer simulations and observations of 1998's Hurricane Bonnie in southern North Carolina, scientists were able to get a detailed view of pockets of swirling, warm humid air moving from the eye of the storm to the ring of strong thunderstorms in the eyewall that contributed to the intensification of the hurricane. The findings suggest that the flow of air parcels between the eye and eye wall — largely believed trivial in the past — is a key element in hurricane intensity and that there's more to consider than just the classic 'in-up-and-out' flow pattern. The classic pattern says as air parcels flow 'in' to the hurricane's circulation, they rise 'up,' form precipitating clouds and transport warm air to the upper atmosphere before moving 'out' into surrounding environmental air."
I mean, come on. In 3012, Slashdot headlines are going to read something like, "Scientists Trap a Solar Flare Inside Small Tupperware Container", and someone's going to come along and go, "Oy, is that a good idea?"
But then, potential power sources always get consideration despite the consequences. Exhibit A: the internal combustion engine.
What is is all that is. Isn't that obvious?
Why do crazies like yellow text on black background so much? Most of the chemtrail sites have this same setup.
Not a Twitter sockpuppet... but I wish I was.
Oh my goodness...only on /. is a post about powering a time machine with a lightning bolt considered Insightful
(And yes, I got the reference)
There are two kinds of fool One says 'This is old therefore good' Another says 'This is new therefore better'- Dean Ing
Don't forget the most important step of the process - going out and looking for those convective features in a real hurricane. Predictions and models are fine, but without comparison to the real world they are useless.