Hurricane/Tornado Destroyers Of The Future
 

In an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, there was a conversation about some people being killed by a tornado in Kansas (or else another state), and Jean-Luc questioned why the storm wasn't stopped or prevented by the weather net. No explanation was given about what the "weather net" was, but a sci-fi minded fan could surmise that it was some type of system that prevented the atmospheric conditions that enabled tornados to form. Maybe it was explained in a ST technical book or some other ST novel, but this thread is not to discuss that or any episode of ST. Instead, it is to discuss how such a system, from either a sci-fi/fantasy concept to a potential reality-based future technology, could concievably prevent hurricanes and tornados from forming, or perhaps dissipate such a system once it did form.

With hurricanes, especially the ones that form off the coast of Africa and head NW toward the Carribean or Gulf of Mexico, there is ample time to track and prep for its arrival. But what if future generations could zero in on the approaching storm and cause it to die down and dissipate completely or near completely? I've thought that detonating a nuclear bomb in the eye of a hurricane, despite the tremendous heat which would otherwise fuel a 'cane, from the powerful outward blast which would drive the surrounding atmosphere away from the eye, could possibly kill a 'cane dead in its tracks. Of course they can't detonate a nuclear bomb in the middle of the Atlantic every time there's a storm approaching. It would be crazy. We'd have Godzillas rising up from the Atlantic every year after hurricane season, not to mention that any remaining storm clouds would carry radiation with them even greater distances. So nuking hurricanes would be a no-go.

However, what other ways might there be someday, if the future is as bright as our sci-fi films and TV shows make it out to be, for future technology to effectively and safely stop hurricanes in their path by decreasing their power or preventing them from developing, as well as preventing tornadoes from forming?

http://mb-soft.com/public/hurrican.html

it's in the works! :D

The episode, in question, is "True-Q".

Season: 6
Air Date: 10.26.1992
Stardate: 46192.3

Bingo! Q caused the storm to kill the junior Qs parents so she'd have to turn to Q for guidence.

That's great Rowan! Thanks! Did you just happen to have that page bookmarked, or did you search for it due to this topic?

I searched for it, just now :D yes due to this topic

You're the bomb, babe!

Interesting read, Rowan. Sound waves, hmmm...

Just thinking out loud - since hurricanes form and gain strength over WARM ocean waters, would there be any practical way of "cooling the center of the storm circulation"? If so, would that cause the storm to break up or dissipate?

That's a thought-provoker, BST. To echo your question about practical ways, how do you cool the temperature of the ocean surface or air volume of a surface area miles to dozens of miles wide?

Here it explains the whole thing on how they form etc, very interesting with great diagrams



http://www.tulane.edu/~sanelson/geol...ceptweath2.htm

And she comes through again! That's a lot of reading and it is a wealth of info. Thanks again Row! :salute:

Your very welcome! :D ;)

Love the LINK Rowan THANKS :thumbsup:

:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: That is so cool! I guess there is still hope for us yet! :D

I think so too ;)

I read that my ideas, as crazy as they seemed, have indeed been discussed by top scientists and experiements have been carried out to see if they could work. Sadly, the answer was no.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9440978/

All I can say is that thank god the only thing I have to worry about in my area is blizzards in winter!