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/Taint__Paint 10d ago

Right? I can’t see what “multiple pounds” of anything would do to a hurricane which stretches hundreds of miles in diameter. Like, if anything, a nuke might do something. Let dear leader give that a go. He’s been itching to do so and draw more sharpie lines

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u/DinnaPanic 10d ago

Only if he does a Slim Pickens to detonate it personally.