Here's why you can't just drop a nuclear bomb in a hurricane to destroy it.
Apart from the fact that this might not even alter the storm, this approach neglects the problem that the released radioactive fallout would fairly quickly move with the tradewinds to affect land areas and cause devastating environmental problems. Needless to say, this is not a good idea.
, called"hot towers," might indicate an intensification process because of the massive release of latent heat energy .The discussion of hurricane energetics sets up why some people suggest"nuking" the storm to blow it out. Dr. Landsea offers a bit more insight on the NOAA website:watts and converts less than 10% of the heat into the mechanical energy of the wind. The heat release is equivalent to a 10-megaton nuclear bomb exploding every 20 minutes.
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