Fun Topic: Ways to Prohibit Hurricane Formation:

[gatorcane]

yeah, we would need a ton of ice and a heck of alot of cargo planes! But hey maybe it would be worth it. Really, We can launch this attack as if it we were at war with the Hurricane. Wars help economies right? We send a bunch of planes into the storm when it is about 3-5 days from hitting land. This might not be a bad idea of we had enough planes and ice (no joke here). We can also throw in some other weapons...like some chemicals that dry up clouds.

[gatorcane]

Even if we weakened the storm from major hurricane status to cat 1 that would be a victory...and this we should seriously look into it.

[gatorcane]

Think about it, a hurricane is large but the core, the main driving force is the eye. If we can damage the eye, than the rest of the hurricane goes down with it. And the eye occupies a relatively small area too, hence allowing us to concentrate on it better. We could invent some sort of missile that we can launch into the eye that would explode and release a very HOT substance that would inhibit the storm's energy source by interfering with the sinking airflow in the eye. I'm sure that this could be done seriously.

Concentrate on solutions involving the eye. That is the source of the storm's energy.

[senorpepr]

The cost factor in weakening a hurricane even one category would be huge. The resources aren't there to successfully weaken a storm of that size. It would cost much more than the war America's fighting. It would be simply not cost-worthy.

-Mike

[senorpepr]

We could invent some sort of missile that we can launch into the eye that would explode and releasea very HOT substance that would inhibit the storm's energy source by interfering with the sinking airflow in the eye.

Once again, the cost factor will be large. Furthermore, you would have to factor in the health effects from this "Substance" Being spread around for thousands of miles. Plus the political fight between other nations. (It's bad enough with Cuba just trying to fly recon) Also, if we did successfully weaken on system, we're preventing Earth from reaching equilibrium which will lead to an even bigger and stronger system that will be much more tragic. Let nature run it's course.

-Mike

[gatorcane]

But the eye. Can't we disrupt the windflow in the eye somehow? Maybe we can infuse some dry air into it. That is the main weakening factor for an eye naturally.

[senorpepr]

Even if you did interrupt the flow, you'll lead to a much larger, more powerful cyclone in the future which wouldn't be stopped. Or... the Earth's cycle will be messed up. The southeast will go into a drought with it's lack of rainfall, large-scale patterns will be messed up, millions in Europe will die from excessive heat/cold. Either way you cut it... it's not pretty.

[gatorcane]

Yes, I couldn't agree more. Hurricane's are natures way of removing excess heat from the tropics into the northern lattitudes. If we disrupt nature negative ramifications can inevitably occur.

[gatorcane]

and pardon my lack of grammar too. lol.

[vbhoutex]

Think about it, a hurricane is large but the core, the main driving force is the eye. If we can damage the eye, than the rest of the hurricane goes down with it. And the eye occupies a relatively small area too, hence allowing us to concentrate on it better. We could invent some sort of missile that we can launch into the eye that would explode and release a very HOT substance that would inhibit the storm's energy source by interfering with the sinking airflow in the eye. I'm sure that this could be done seriously.

Concentrate on solutions involving the eye. That is the source of the storm's energy.

It is the core of the storm. It is not the source of the storm's energy. A storm's energy is drawn from the heat it pulls in from hundreds of miles from the center, not from the heat it gets from the center. It is simply the point of concentration of the energy.