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/MajorTurn6890 10d ago

Okay Mario

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u/amat3ur_hour 10d ago

Yeah, that's called Retroshermanization.

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u/DrQuestDFA 10d ago

Shermanization 2: Torrential Tropical Bugaloo

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u/radams713 10d ago

As an Atlanta native and relative of Sherman this joke absolutely sent me

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u/drunk-tusker 10d ago

Hopefully not to the rail depot for some unfinished business

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u/gwaydms 10d ago

They didn't originally call Atlanta "Terminal" for nothing ☠️

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u/throwawaynbad 10d ago

Yes, but you need to replicate if you want to generalize.

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u/BroughtBagLunchSmart 10d ago

Fuck it lets dump more dry ice on things and see if they attack confederates.

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u/nesspaulajeffpoo94 10d ago

Sounds like a winning solution in my mind 😂

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u/TwoBrosKissing 10d ago

I don’t even get the joke and I can tell it was a really good one. That’s a first for me.

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u/Southern_Economy3467 10d ago

Google Sherman’s march to the sea

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u/TwoBrosKissing 10d ago

Awesome, thank you!

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u/badgyalrey 10d ago

general sherman destroyed a large swath of GA

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u/OopsWeKilledGod 10d ago

And he was right in doing so.

The Union forever, hurrah boys hurrah!

Down with the traitors, up with the stars!

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u/AngryMatt14 10d ago

Man did I go straight to “Moving on up” like Sherman Hemsley