Unmake a hurricane...niveus_tigrisSeptember 27 2005, 17:52:10 UTC
The intent was to use multiple weapons, detonated in and around the eye at an altitude of approximately 5000 ft, to disrupt the normal updraft of moisture that fuels the storm bands of the hurricane. This has to be done well away from land for obvious reasons. The Fuel-Air Bomb (FAB) ordinance is the most potent non-nuke weapon that I know of, and has the added benefit of being able to superheat an enormous volume of air for the bang it makes. Looking at the satellite pictures, right at the time it hit Category 5 (shortly after clearing Florida) would have been the ideal opportunity to throw in the monkey wrench.
Instead, they just talked about it in Congress and said: "We've tried something like this before in the 60's with mixed results."
I'm betting they didn't use the kind of firepower I was thinking of.
Re: Unmake a hurricane...niveus_tigrisSeptember 28 2005, 16:21:59 UTC
Actually, I am more concerned with disrupting the normal updraft of warm, moist air by introducing a large volume of superheated dry air. I'm not saying that the collective fireballs would 'blow the hurricane apart', just screw with it enough to cause it to collapse in on itself.
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Instead, they just talked about it in Congress and said: "We've tried something like this before in the 60's with mixed results."
I'm betting they didn't use the kind of firepower I was thinking of.
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ok, shutting up and getting back to work now...
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I am not familiar with Ice-Nine, but wonder if we can seed the atmosphere with it?
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