The second question here points to a response by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and then notes:
It makes me happy that an arm of the US government has, in some official capacity, issued an opinion on the subject of firing nuclear missiles into hurricanes.
A fully developed hurricane can release heat energy at a rate of 5 to 20×10^13 watts and converts less than 10% of the heat into the mechanical energy of the wind. The heat release is equivalent to a 10-megaton nuclear bomb exploding every 20 minutes. According to the 1993 World Almanac, the entire human race used energy at a rate of 10^13 watts in 1990, a rate less than 20% of the power of a hurricane.
So a nuke would do squat to the hurricane, but kill us all from flinging the rads everywhere
Donald wanted to nuke a hurricane.
The second question here points to a response by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and then notes:
Aged like milk.
So a nuke would do squat to the hurricane, but kill us all from flinging the rads everywhere
Yuuuuuup
“It’s just a hurricane! What could it take to stop it? One nuke?”
To be fair, it probably would have stopped the hurricane.
No.
well at least the hurricane wouldn’t be the main problem anymore
As someone who is not educated in the topic I’m going to stick with my gut feeling over any scientific evidence.