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2019-08-28 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

PolitiFact: Can a nuclear bomb stop a hurricane? No, it’s a myth

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Posted by Fred 2019-08-28 00:00|| || Front Page|| [10327 views ] Top

#1 But how do you know until you try? This could be the best ever episode of MythBusters.

Posted by SteveS 2019-08-28 00:54|| 2019-08-28 00:54|| Front Page Top

#2 We need a bigger bomb.

Posted by Titus Glugum7307 2019-08-28 01:14|| 2019-08-28 01:14|| Front Page Top

#3 cloud seeding the eye of a cat 3 or higher hurricane would weaken the hurricane's peak winds by 10-30% according to many numerical model simulations, depending on various assumptions regarding size, general movement, etc.

however, the decline in the overall energy of the hurricane would be much less, more like 2% to 10%, again based on the numerical model and the size of the hurricane, etc.

I don't think any numerical simulations have been done regarding the nuclear bomb issue. There are many problems doing the simulation, including the strength of the bomb, whether the explosion is above the surface, at the surface or underwater, etc. It's something of a nightmare to try to tackle this issue.

Posted by lord garth 2019-08-28 02:18|| 2019-08-28 02:18|| Front Page Top

#4 "We can't verify if he ever said it, but here's why he's wrong"

Posted by Frank G 2019-08-28 05:26|| 2019-08-28 05:26|| Front Page Top

#5 Me, I'm expecting to hear that the transit of TS Dorian past Little St James (Epstien's island) totally obliterated everything there and getting any evidence is impossible.

Posted by ed in texas 2019-08-28 05:26|| 2019-08-28 05:26|| Front Page Top

#6 I'm sure they can come up with any mathematical model to justify what they want. The Warmongers do that regularly. The ruling class have no problems with those models (even though subsequent checking of predictions show a significant failure in any corollary).

Posted by Procopius2k 2019-08-28 07:07|| 2019-08-28 07:07|| Front Page Top

#7 #6, the thing about models is they are what you utilize when reality won't give you the answer you want.

Posted by Cesare 2019-08-28 08:02|| 2019-08-28 08:02|| Front Page Top

#8 >the thing about models is they are what you utilize when reality won't give you the answer you want.

We talking about Epstein again?

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2019-08-28 09:13|| 2019-08-28 09:13|| Front Page Top

#9 When all that the MSM produces is sh!t, it gets easier to determine when you are wading through sh!t.

Posted by JohnQC 2019-08-28 09:19|| 2019-08-28 09:19|| Front Page Top

#10 Maybe Russia knows. Why must you think of everything ?

Posted by Dron66046 2019-08-28 10:52|| 2019-08-28 10:52|| Front Page Top

#11 One perhaps can't stop a hurricane, but it pretty much will stop you from worrying about the hurricane.

Posted by Skidmark 2019-08-28 17:03|| 2019-08-28 17:03|| Front Page Top

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