Will there ever be an effective way of combating hurricanes?

[Shawn]

Like perhaps dropping something into the eye which would help dissipate it? Thoughts?

 

[Theguynextdoor]

That will affect the water movements of northern states, could have bad after effects...

I remember we tried some experiments by dropping some water absorbing chems into the clouds, it dropped the hurricane one cat, then it decided to change course and headed over cuba.

Castro then decided to blame the US for it.

 

[Conky]

Moving far enough inland is the only effective way.

I am still looking forward to my move to Florida... I ain't scared of no stinkin hurricane!

 

[ttown]

probably

Popular Science had an artical on it many months ago, iirc

edit: April story on hurricanes focuses on.... you guessed it! New Orleans as at the greatest risk. Spooky.
edit2: PopSci curse: (speaking of cat-5 hurricanes...)
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Although hurricanes of this magnitude slamming directly into New Orleans are extremely rare?occurring perhaps every 500 to 1,000 years?should one come ashore, the resulting storm surge would swell Lake Pontchartrain (a brackish sea adjoining the Gulf of Mexico), overtop the levees, and submerge the city under up to 40 feet of water.


I'm vaguely remembering some science show on an additive that planes could drop into the clouds for hurricanes or tornados. Ummm... it may have also been to promote rain during drouts.... My memory is a bit fuzzy.

 

[KLin]

Originally posted by: Shawn
Like perhaps dropping something into the eye which would help dissipate it? Thoughts?

I think they're working on putting ships with huge fans in the path to help blow the hurricane off course.

 

[deftron]

FLorida State beat them a couple weeks ago

 

[bunnyfubbles]

create an even more powerful hurrican to deflect it - Hurricane Ditka

 

[Shawn]

Originally posted by: deftron
FLorida State beat them a couple weeks ago

:thumbsup:

 

[chowderhead]

Originally posted by: ttown
probably

Popular Science had an artical on it many months ago, iirc

i'll try to find a link.....

that article talked about combating global warming which is a factor in creating the environment for large hurricanes.
I think the most feasible is CO2 sequestering

Anyway, there are people studying the issue at NOAA but all they are doing is tracking and observing and studying.

We need to call on these guys!
I am waiting for them to post the pics of when they do try a combat a tropical storm or hurricane.

 

[Rubycon]

That's like shooting a speeding freight train with a pea shooter. :roll:

 

[So]

Originally posted by: C6FT7
That's like shooting a speeding freight train with a pea shooter. :roll:

Could have said the same thing about digging a tunnel under the english channel, around 1200. Sure, with shovels it was impossible.

But with really big, automated shovels....

 

[Falloutboy]

thier are ways, but they are damaging to the enviroment. (you could put an oilslick in the path of a huricane that would prevent water from evaporating from the warm water to fuel the huricane. but the drawbacks to the enviroment are proubly worse than the huricane itsself. nukes could also disapate a huricane, but we all know the drawback of those.

 

[OutHouse]

sure, the Hurricanes will stop when weather.com is banned from seeding the atlantic to give them something to do on a slow weather day.

 

[Rubycon]

The problem is you see pictures and watch the news but don't know the actual facts. This is just not going to happen. Even if enough bias was applied to make a change the results are not always going to be what you want. You cannot sweep a weather system under a rug - even if it were made of pennies counted from the national debt. Not gonna happen.

Experience a major hurricane - preferably at sea in bluewater - then get back to me and tell me how to combat it.

Think Forrest Gump. Yep, better run and fast.

 

[biostud]

move underground.

 

[OdiN]

Will there ever be an effective way of turning the Sun on or off at a whim?

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

 

[klah]

eventually

 

[nageov3t]

hurricanes = good and important for the earth, even if they suck for people sometimes.

given the choice between losing a city every few hundred years vs making the northern half of the US a frozen wasteland, I'd go with the hurricane.

 

[sandorski]

2 possibilities(IMO):

1) seed the clouds to cause massive precipitation on the ocean

2) Cool the water to decrease the energy the hurricane needs

Both wouldbe extremely difficult and I doubt the ability to do either will exist for a long time, but I could see a day when cooling stations could be strategically placed in order to alter the path or strength of hurricanes.

 

[Czar]

build stronger buildings

wood... not a good idea
concrete .. good idea

 

[CanOWorms]

I suggest using nanobots or saran wrap.

 

[Rubycon]

Originally posted by: sandorski
2 possibilities(IMO):

1) seed the clouds to cause massive precipitation on the ocean

2) Cool the water to decrease the energy the hurricane needs

Both wouldbe extremely difficult and I doubt the ability to do either will exist for a long time, but I could see a day when cooling stations could be strategically placed in order to alter the path or strength of hurricanes.

1) Been tried actually and failed.
2) Cooling requires energy. Massive energy. Solar output is incredible. Also since gain=loss the heat must go somewhere. Another imbalance would create undesirable weather someplace else.

 

[Metron]

Global Freezing, perhaps?

 

[PingSpike]

Well hurricanes routinely pound the bible belt, so I guess praying is out.