Scientist Are Working to 'Steer' Hurricanes

E++99 writes "In the wake of Katrina, two teams of climate scientists have been working to steer hurricanes. Both teams are using the technique of removing power and speed from strategic points in the hurricane, effectively refracting its path. The American team is approaching this by warming the areas of the tops of the hurricane clouds, either by dropping ash to absorb heat from the sun, or directly beaming microwaves on those areas from space. The Israeli team is taking the approach of cooling the bottom of the hurricane by releasing dust along its base."

Comments

Re:Uhmmm......

[Dr. Eggman]

I fail to see the potential to weaponize this very well. I can maybe understand Cuba, but other than that, any degree of fine control would out of the question. Besides it probably would have hit Cuba anyways. As a side note, we had a project going like this before, but Castro started propagating the idea that the US was trying to divert their courses to Cuba. For now, the changes we would make would be minscule, likely barely enough to move a direct hit on a city to a glancing blow. These ethics go both ways too, if we had the ability to try and do something, and we didn't, are we any better than if we tried and failed?

Re:No thank you Israel.

[Oktober Sunset]

when it comes to 'handling your own affairs', Israel is the last country to be getting advice from.

4.1 out of *10*

[A nonymous Coward]

That's a pretty low score. Perhaps you were thinking 4.1 out of 5 max.