ABikerSailor
Diamond Member
Trump suggested dropping nuclear bombs into hurricanes to stop them from hitting the U.S.
Dropping a nuclear bomb into a hurricane would be banned under the terms of the Peaceful Nuclear Explosions Treaty between the U.S. and the former Soviet Union. So that could stave off any experiments, as long as the U.S. observes the terms of the treaty.
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Oh my God. You know what Trump thinks of treaties.
And I thought Greenland was a joke. I was wrong.
Did you even read the article? I'm guessing the answer is no. You fuckwit, do you have any idea how it pains me to defend Trump? In any fashion?
From your link:
The big picture: Trump didn't invent this idea. The notion that detonating a nuclear bomb over the eye of a hurricane could be used to counteract convection currents dates to the Eisenhower era, when it was floated by a government scientist.
About 3 weeks after Trump's 2016 election, National Geographic published an article titled, "Nuking Hurricanes: The Surprising History of a Really Bad Idea." It found, among other problems, that:
- The idea keeps resurfacing in the public even though scientists agree it won't work. The myth has been so persistent that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the U.S. government agency that predicts changes in weather and the oceans, published an online fact sheet for the public under the heading "Tropical Cyclone Myths Page."
- The page states: "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."
- Dropping a nuclear bomb into a hurricane would be banned under the terms of the Peaceful Nuclear Explosions Treaty between the U.S. and the former Soviet Union. So that could stave off any experiments, as long as the U.S. observes the terms of the treaty.
The idea dates back to the Eisenhower administration for fuck's sake. It's not even Trump's idea.
The idea dates back to Eisenhower, but that was around the time we first started to test and examine their effects, and the scientists decided that it was a very bad idea, which is why it is rarely (if ever) brought up in modern times. Trump is looking at a failed idea and asking them to make it work.
Sorry, but the highest initial radiation and blast comes from an air burst. If you did that, you would be sending a whole bunch of radiation into rain and wind, meaning contamination would be certain.
The next lowest level of initial radiation, but with longer term contamination of an area is a surface burst. And, not only would you get radiated water, but you would also cause a tsunami.
Same thing with a subsurface burst. Lots of radiation in the water, but would probably have little effect on the storm. Especially when you consider that the average hurricane eye is 19 - 40 miles in diameter. Would take a few more bombs than just one I would suspect.