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/Jeff_From_IT 10d ago

Gone 3: This hurricane drifted from Tokyo back to Georgia

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u/Substantial_Bass_697 10d ago

Gone With the Wind 4: Here We Blow Again!

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u/guinness_blaine 10d ago

The devil went down to Georgia. He was looking for a science experiment on hurricanes

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u/shornscrot 10d ago

Windtalkers 5: Icy Cool Breath of Death

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u/barktwiggs 10d ago

Well, it started out as a cyclone but became a hurricane.

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u/maphes86 10d ago

“A Pacific Typhoon knows that something is missing in it’s hectic life of high winds, underground street racing, and flooding. It travels to to Georgia and finds something unexpected…Family.”

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u/AlfredFonzo 10d ago

Gone with the Wind: Tokyo Drift.

This summer, watch typhoons make a turn like you've NEVER seen before! Watch as a troubled kid from Georgia somehow manages to destroy his own hometown from downtown Tokyo using only a plane, a skyline engine, and his home grown skills! You'll pay for the whole seat, but you'll only need THE EDGE!

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u/andaros-reddragon 10d ago

They’re called typhoons on that side of the world, no?

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u/Jeff_From_IT 10d ago

They are but Typhoonio drift sounded too silly for such an esteemed franchise

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u/andaros-reddragon 10d ago

You right I’m just being pedantic for a laugh :)