How To Stop A Hurricane - By Anonymous Goober

[HurryKane]

I love that our paper, The Sun Herald, has a Sound Off section where anybody can gripe about anything. Today's had this fabulous idea for stopping hurricanes (note that the title assigned to each sound off is created by the newspaper editors, who got to exercise their funny bone today):

Big on fans, little on thought

• I've got an idea to stop some of these hurricanes. I propose that Mississippi build a big, giant fan. Face it southward and then when a hurricane comes we turn the fan on and blow it back to sea. That would save millions of dollars in damage and probably a lot of lives.

Always good to start the week off with a laugh.

http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/ ... 937114.htm

[Matt-hurricanewatcher]

Mars might be the place for you if you don't like.

1# Hurricanes
2# Rain
3# Wind
4# *Water
5# Earth quakes
6# Tsunumi's
7# Air
8# LIFE
9# Earth
* Yes I know there is water on mars. Just not like any where near it is on earth.
Then Mars Might just be the place for you.


Seriously a thought this was a another dingdongmat threat. In which I will likely take it about as seriously as greatone.

[donsutherland1]

Maybe the person who had that idea and Dyn-O-Mat's Peter Cordani should enter into a hurricane prevention partnership.

[vacanechaser]

Just drag an iceberg in front of the cane as it approaches. That might cool the water off enough to slow it, right... Hey thats it.... everyone fill up your ice trays and when one approaches, we will dump them into the ocean or Gulf.

Some people... You start messing with nature, no telling what may replace what you are trying to avoid or stop.. Just let it happen, prepare and be ready.

Jesse V. Bass III
http://www.vastormphoto.com
Hurricane Intercept Research Team

[patsmsg]

Maybe the person who had that idea and Dyn-O-Mat's Peter Cordani should enter into a hurricane prevention partnership.

Now you've done it. You mentioned Dyn-o-mat, and now there's gonna be a huge thread on spawned on this (ridiculus) idea.

[cyclonaut]

You might be a redneck if...

You think you can "build a big, giant fan,face it southward and then when a hurricane comes we turn the fan on and blow it back to sea".

[HurryKane]

Maybe the person who had that idea and Dyn-O-Mat's Peter Cordani should enter into a hurricane prevention partnership.

Now you've done it. You mentioned Dyn-o-mat, and now there's gonna be a huge thread on spawned on this (ridiculus) idea.

You never know what flying diapers could do, what could it hurt to try?

You might be a redneck if...

You think you can "build a big, giant fan,face it southward and then when a hurricane comes we turn the fan on and blow it back to sea".

They call New Orleans "The Big Easy." Now they can call Biloxi "The Big Blow."

[BayouVenteux]

see below

[BayouVenteux]

Just drag an iceberg in front of the cane as it approaches. That might cool the water off enough to slow it, right... Hey thats it.... everyone fill up your ice trays and when one approaches, we will dump them into the ocean or Gulf.

Some people... You start messing with nature, no telling what may replace what you are trying to avoid or stop.. Just let it happen, prepare and be ready.

Jesse V. Bass III
http://www.vastormphoto.com
Hurricane Intercept Research Team

Speaking of the goofy "ice the storm" theory, I expect, that in desperation, some misinformed PR wag representing Shell Oil will eventually latch on the concept as a way to sell the equally misinformed general public on building open loop LNG terminals off the Louisiana coast.

[drudd1]

Actually I think the fan should be in Florida. Maybe it would blow away some of the mosquitos

[dhweather]

This is just one of the many "jewels" that get posted in the "Sound Off".

[feederband]

I know canes are destructive. But they are a part of what has to be. Stopping or messing with them in anyway would probably mess something down the road. Stopping them should not be part of any research. Learning more about them is the only way to go.

[Swimdude]

Even if that giant fan were possible, ignoring the millions of reasons why it's not, then we'd end up with tsunami problems anyway.

[HurryKane]

This is just one of the many "jewels" that get posted in the "Sound Off".

You must have missed my smackdown upon someone who was dogging the NWS last week.

[dhweather]

This is just one of the many "jewels" that get posted in the "Sound Off".

You must have missed my smackdown upon someone who was dogging the NWS last week.

I obviously did.

[Agua]

I love that section of the Sun-Herald. Folks can just write in and publish their opinion on anything, whether it's pertinent to current events or not. Nothing like reading strongly-held, irrelevant, idiotic and uninformed opinions.

[Jevo]

Why am I not surprised that this came out of Mississippi

[dhweather]

As opposed to the diaper-man from Florida?

[HurryKane]

Why am I not surprised that this came out of Mississippi

*cough* Look here, it's ok for Mississippians to make fun of Mississippians. But if you ain't from around here, you don't get to.

We have lots and lots of smart people. But they're usually too busy on S2K to call up and make some goofy statement to the newspaper

[LSU2001]

*cough* Look here, it's ok for Mississippians to make fun of Mississippians. But if you ain't from around here, you don't get to.

We have lots and lots of smart people. But they're usually too busy on S2K to call up and make some goofy statement to the newspaper [/quote]

Is it ok for native Mississippians like myself to poke fun? After all I moved into the state that thanks God for Mississippi. If it were not for Mississippi Louisiana would be at the bottom of every list. I would rather be a Mississippi redneck than a CoonA$$ any day. Anyway I think that having a paper that lets people sound off is a good idea even if the ideas are pure BS. At least the folks over there can have their say.
Tim