DesertFox
10-21-2007, 10:22 AM
Scientists have made a breakthrough in man's desire to control the forces of nature – unveiling plans to weaken hurricanes and steer them off course, to prevent tragedies such as Hurricane Katrina. ...
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With any luck, they could steer a hurricane right on top of Feedell, which would suck him into the stratosphere. Gravity would then slam his evil ass into the earth from 50,000 feet. Even that lucky bastid wouldn't likely survive all that.
Under one scheme, aircraft would drop soot into the near-freezing cloud at the top of a hurricane, causing it to warm up and so reduce wind speeds. Computer simulations of the forces at work in the most violent storms have shown that even small changes can affect their paths – enabling them to be diverted from major cities. ...
Last month scientists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem announced that they had simulated the effect of sowing clouds with microscopic dust to cool the hurricane's base, also weakening it. The dust would attract water but would form droplets too small to fall as rain. Instead, they would rise and evaporate, cooling hot air at the hurricane base.
More (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/10/21/wstorm121.xml)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/graphics/2007/10/21/wstorm121big.gif
With any luck, they could steer a hurricane right on top of Feedell, which would suck him into the stratosphere. Gravity would then slam his evil ass into the earth from 50,000 feet. Even that lucky bastid wouldn't likely survive all that.
Under one scheme, aircraft would drop soot into the near-freezing cloud at the top of a hurricane, causing it to warm up and so reduce wind speeds. Computer simulations of the forces at work in the most violent storms have shown that even small changes can affect their paths – enabling them to be diverted from major cities. ...
Last month scientists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem announced that they had simulated the effect of sowing clouds with microscopic dust to cool the hurricane's base, also weakening it. The dust would attract water but would form droplets too small to fall as rain. Instead, they would rise and evaporate, cooling hot air at the hurricane base.
More (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/10/21/wstorm121.xml)