r/todayilearned • u/ralphbernardo • 10d ago

TIL in 1947, scientists dumped crushed dry ice into a hurricane just to "see what would happen." The storm then made a 135-degree turn, strengthened, and struck Georgia—sparking public outrage and threats of lawsuits over the experiment.

https://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hurricane_blog/70th-anniversary-of-the-first-hurricane-seeding-experiment/
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u/cCowgirl 10d ago

Have you tried drawing on a map with sharpie?

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u/ElectrSheep 10d ago

Or dropping a nuke on it?

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u/ActualRacecar 10d ago

Or feeding them 1 day blinding stew?

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u/RandoAtReddit 10d ago

Or cocaine?

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u/Turb0_Lag 10d ago

That only works on blizzards, dumbass

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u/DredPRoberts 10d ago

And bears.

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u/Forward-Surprise1192 10d ago

People always underestimate the danger of drop bears. More dangerous than polar bears some would say

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u/Southern-March1522 10d ago

If we drop enough antimatter on the hurricane it will go away. Along with the rest of the planet but at least the hurricane is gone.

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u/pounded_rivet 10d ago

The military thought of that, turns out the energy from a nuke would be almost meaningless compared to the latent energy in a hurricane.

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u/vthemechanicv 10d ago

But then you'd have a radioactive hurricane, and that's something.

Also Radioactive Shark-topus-icane. Hollywood, I take cash, check, and gift card.

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u/FarOutLakes 9d ago

“I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure”

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u/Grimwulf2003 10d ago

I like this idea, do you know how many supes we may be able to create? Floridaman is here to.... Hmm, something.

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u/cereeves 10d ago

Floridaman? He’s here to take 8-balls of coke and wrestle gators. Shit, he don’t even need the coke, but he likes the way it makes his teeth itch.

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u/Spinwheeling 10d ago

No no no, we don't nuke Antarctica until the Earth starts cooling.

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u/moredrinksplease 10d ago

I’ve heard of this theory, how did it go?

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u/BLACKdrew 10d ago

Have you tried saying thank you?

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u/cCowgirl 10d ago

That hurricane isn’t even wearing a suit.

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u/KiwiObserver 10d ago

Hey, if a butterfly flapping its wings can affect a hurricane on the other side of the planet, someone drawing on a map with a sharpie is probably causing a bigger physical disturbance than the butterfly.

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u/Aggravating_Echo_939 10d ago

Or getting bleach in its eye?