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| PolitiFact: Can a nuclear bomb stop a hurricane? No, it’s a myth |
| 2019-08-28 |
[TAMPABAY] As the Caribbean prepared for Tropical Storm Dorian and its potential to reach hurricane-strength, a news report by Axios based on anonymous sources claimed that President Donald Trump ...Oh, noze! Not him!...has repeatedly asked federal officials to explore using nuclear bombs to stop hurricanes. For his part Trump disputed the story, calling it "ridiculous." For our part, we can’t fact-check whether or not Trump considered such a strategy since the claim is based on anonymous sources. But we can explain the science behind why nuclear bombs can’t slow down storms. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #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 |
| #10 Maybe Russia knows. Why must you think of everything ? |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2019-08-28 10:52 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #2 We need a bigger bomb. |
| Posted by: Titus Glugum7307 2019-08-28 01:14 |
| #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 |