Patent ID: 8262314

Claim:
A method for decreasing one of intensity and frequency of a storm passing over a body of water forming an upper warmer layer of water and a cooler lower layer of water, said method comprising the steps: a) attaching a turbulence generating device having a bluff-shaped surface to at least one sea vessel disposed in the body of water; b) transporting the bluff-shaped device through the body of water at a selected speed sufficient to generate eddy turbulence; and c) mixing the warmer, upper layer of water of at least one section of the body of water with water from the cooler, lower layer of the body of water as a result of movement of the bluff-shaped device through a thermocline layer of the body of water and the generation of said eddy turbulence, said selected speed being greater that the speed of movement of a forming hurricane, the mixing being achieved by upwardly displacing cooler water into the upper warmer layer of water and mixing the cooler and warmer layers by means of said eddy turbulence to lower the temperature of the upper layer in said at least one section over an area corresponding to a core region of a hurricane.