Okay, seriously, why do people insist on the "let's nuke a hurricane" idea?

[Tommy_Carcetti]

http://news.yahoo.com/stop-hurricane-nuking-134559194.html

The article explains the obvious reasons why it wouldn't work, but that there are people out there who think it's even a plausible option blows my mind.

In other news, I have a zit on my forehead. I think I'll use a shotgun to get rid of it.

[oldhippydude]

1. a number of pulp fiction stories suggest it...

sort of like the canals on Mars scenario that was popular up until the mid 60's

[DavidDvorkin]

2. That's usually the solution in disaster movies on the Sy Fy Channel

Maybe a lot of people get their science that way.

[Blue Meany]

3. We've spent all out money on the military, so it's all we've got...n/t

[sofa king]

10. When all you have is a hammer...

... every problem looks like a nail.

As I was trying to explain to my better half last night, had that nuclear plant in Jersey been active and had melted down, the circular motion of the storm might have dispersed the radiation among a hundred thousand square miles and 100 million people.

I think nuking a hurricane would achieve a similar--but far worse--result.

[slackmaster]

4. This peace craze will blow over soon enough

[Warpy]

5. Some people are born stupid and cultivate it like a fine rose

all their lives. Stupid is what they have and stupid is what they do best.

It's up to the rest of us to keep them away from sharp or explosive objects.

[sarisataka]

6. They are FSU fans

[morningglory]

7. Way back in the 50s someone got the bright idea to salt a hurricane to see if it

would rain itself out over the ocean. They flew tons of salt in and salted a small tropical system. It raged up into a hell-bent shit-roarer that frightened every one so badly that they forgot to mention what they had done. Besides tropical systems are the only thing that keep us from becoming the Sahara in the South. We need the moisture. We hope and pray that we will not get a direct hit and always feel for the people who are impacted, but that's it. Don't mess with nature.

[longship]

8. "It's time to embrace the horror."

Nuking a hurricane sounds like something a Steve Buscemi Hollywood character would do.

Just as inane and stupid as nuking an asteroid on a collision course to Earth.

1. It doesn't solve the problem.

2. It most likely will make the problem much, much worse.

3. It is pretty much impossible to achieve anything near success with the proposed technique, even if it could conceivably work.

In other words, it's ham-handed and ignorant.

We have the technology to steer an asteroid away from Earth impact right now (given that we have sufficient time -- note that no nuclear weapons are required). But we have no technology for steering a hurricane.

[LiberalFighter]

9. How many myths has Mythbusters busted?

[hunter]

11. After the cannonball mishap...

... do you think we can we trust them with hydrogen bombs?

Sure why not?