At last, a way to moderate the power of hurricanes, we're so dumb! - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: Gyro
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 26, 2019, 10:59:04 am
content: Just think of the lives that could have been saved if we'd though of it before!Quotehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-49471093

author: digsys
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 26, 2019, 11:09:47 am
content: I think it's a GREAT IDEA !!!Then we can use the same technology to end Tsunamis, earthquakes, solar flares, floods, for mining (oh wait, they already do that), flocks of angry birds ... possibilities are ENDLESS !! I love this planet !

author: magic
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 26, 2019, 01:19:06 pm
content: QuoteSounds like bigger bombs are needed, duh.Can I sell this idea to the US gov?

author: SiliconWizard
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 26, 2019, 01:29:36 pm
content: Let's nuke Mars first.

author: themadhippy
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 26, 2019, 01:52:00 pm
content: would an equal,but opposite amount of hot air neutralise the hurricane? if so trump might have the answer

author: schmitt trigger
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 26, 2019, 02:06:30 pm
content: Quote from: 3roomlab on August 26, 2019, 12:05:22 pmAnd Mexico will pay for it.

author: JxR
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 26, 2019, 02:49:59 pm
content: Quote from: Donald J. TrumpBut nuclear is powerful, his uncle explained it to him.

author: SiliconWizard
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 26, 2019, 02:52:45 pm
content: But if we nuke the whole planet once and for all, we will have no problem with hurricanes anymore. We should think about it seriously.

author: magic
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 26, 2019, 02:56:54 pm
content: Sorry to disappoint, there is plenty of hurricanes on other planets. Jupiter has some which are bigger than Earth.

author: SiliconWizard
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 26, 2019, 03:03:52 pm
content: Yes, but I think this is not the only problem we would have on Jupiter. Nobody really cares about what happens on Jupiter really...

author: Jwalling
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 26, 2019, 04:21:58 pm
content: Quote from: SiliconWizard on August 26, 2019, 03:03:52 pmUntil the monoliths arrive...

author: BravoV
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 26, 2019, 04:36:45 pm
content: Meanwhile ... at neighboring piss poor countries borders ... a flock massive refugees, begging at the border's officials ...Sir .. pretty please, we beg for citizenship at your country, trust us, we are strong & brave people here, we can even take the hit of nuclear bomb from Russia or China.Its just .. this time... <sigh> ... enough is enough, all of us here was in the middle of major disaster at home attacked by a massive hurricane and then out of no where, our very own president nuked us.So pleasseeee ... we can't take it anymore, please accept this poor souls as your citizens.

author: edy
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 26, 2019, 04:39:57 pm
content: Why don't we just build a huge line of wind turbines in Florida and harness those Hurricanes.Add to that solar... we have a state that is a battery for the entire country. So much sun and natural forms of energy being dumped through that region.

author: Jwalling
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 26, 2019, 04:52:10 pm
content: https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/26/politics/donald-trump-nuclear-bombs-hurricanes/index.htmlQuote

author: JxR
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 26, 2019, 05:14:43 pm
content: Quote from: BravoV on August 26, 2019, 04:36:45 pmI must not be stable genius enough to understand whatever this word salad of yours is trying to convey...

author: magic
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 26, 2019, 08:42:52 pm
content: I think I am stable enough: it's about Americans fleeing from their own nukes to Mexico

author: boffin
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 26, 2019, 08:55:41 pm
content: Quote from: edy on August 26, 2019, 04:39:57 pmbut that's going to shoot up the cancer rate.

author: ruffy91
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: August 26, 2019, 09:49:52 pm
content: I totally understand the idea. Nukes are powerful, they are also very effective against: red wine stains, locust swarms, fruit flies, scratches in wood furniture.. the possibilities are endless!

author: ruffy91
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: August 26, 2019, 09:50:28 pm
content: Quote from: boffin on August 26, 2019, 08:55:41 pmWind turbines are known to the state of california to cause cancer.

author: boffin
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 26, 2019, 10:40:34 pm
content: Quote from: ruffy91 on August 26, 2019, 09:50:28 pmWhile you may mock California for this sort of thing, they have been way ahead of the curve in general consumer safety, and reducing pollution.California Emission controls are why it's possible to breath in LA county these days; and it just took the rest of the world 10-30 years years to catch up to California's lead.During the period they went from the world's 7th largest economy to the world's 5th largest

author: SparkyFX
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 27, 2019, 01:42:39 am
content: Quote from: edy on August 26, 2019, 04:39:57 pmI don´t get who would need the energy, most people leave the area and hurricanes tend to destroy infrastructure, including masts or by flooding underground structures.There is a thunderf00t video on energy in hurricanes (Denies Climate Change: house DESTROYED by hurricane!), as rough estimations. Including people shooting bullets at hurricanes.A nuke or H bomb might create a relatively hot fire, but only short and outputting a ridiculous amount of energy against a whole ocean of water.Another theory on how to take influence on the forming of hurricanes would be to have a fleet of autonomous boats/beacons that pump colder water upwards to the surface, so less water evaporates, therefore less likely conditions for hurricanes to form in, no idea if the calculations even would work out. It is a global scale problem, and the result might not even be better (drought, messing with marine life, even stronger hurricanes).

author: windsmurf
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 27, 2019, 05:23:47 am
content: Quote from: SparkyFX on August 27, 2019, 01:42:39 amThat might increase global warming... by allowing the colder water to gain more heat energy from the sun (and allowing less heat to escape earth).

author: RoGeorge
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 27, 2019, 07:25:27 am
content: Around minute 9:30, hurricane control with nukes (~1950) is mentioned.

author: soldar
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 27, 2019, 10:49:04 am
content: Trying to kill a hurricane with a nuclear bomb is a really dumb idea.Because, OK, if you are lucky and get a good shot you might kill the hurricane.But if you miss or just get a bad shot then you have a really, really angry hurricane coming after you. And then what are you going to do?= = Jack "Soldar" Handey

author: babysitter
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 27, 2019, 10:49:41 am
content: Don't be sad, Mr. Trump. The USA move away from the "hurricane source area" Africa about 2.5 cm/a. Just wait a bit longer. Thank you middle atlantic ridge.

author: BravoV
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 27, 2019, 11:12:04 am
content: Quote from: soldar on August 27, 2019, 10:49:04 amAfter the 1st shot triggered, whats wrong with few more shots ?

author: magic
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 27, 2019, 12:21:32 pm
content: Quote from: babysitter on August 27, 2019, 10:49:41 amCould this process be accelerated with nukes? Just wondering...

author: NiHaoMike
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 27, 2019, 12:50:03 pm
content: Quote from: SparkyFX on August 27, 2019, 01:42:39 amBuild OTEC power plants and drain (and use) the energy source that powers the hurricanes themselves.

author: SparkyFX
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 27, 2019, 05:24:49 pm
content: Nice, learnt something. It is just very far out where such plants would need to be placed.

author: RoGeorge
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 27, 2019, 05:42:25 pm
content: Here's my stupid idea: Hurricanes usually forms over the ocean. The problem is how to dissipate, or consume their energy. Force them waste their energy into something else that won't bother you and won't travel far, i.e. put them lift some heavy weights.Send a submarine underneath the hurricane, and release some hygroscopic and biodegradable thin threads. Once released underwater, the thin threads are supposed to float to the water surface, then to be lifted into the air by the hurricane. However, being highly water absorbent, the threads will drag with them a considerable amount of sea water up into the air, thus wasting a good part of the hurricane's energy into lifting sea water above the sea level.Problem solved.