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"Hurricanes are bad enough without being radioactive."
One wouldn't think you'd have to tell people that, but...
JACKSONVILLE, Florida (AP) -- Amateur hurricane-busters have come up with any number of crackpot ideas to spare Florida from ferocious storms. Among them: blowing hurricanes away with giant fans or blowing them up with nuclear warheads.
"Suggestions have included coating the surface of the water with olive oil; towing an iceberg down to Florida to cool down the water temperature; or building large fans on the coast to blow away approaching storms."
I'm sure the marine wildlife would absolutely love that first idea. And really, after the Exxon Valdez, is it really necessary for the kitty-korner part of the USA to do its part for marine habitat destruction?
Some perspective, people, please.
JACKSONVILLE, Florida (AP) -- Amateur hurricane-busters have come up with any number of crackpot ideas to spare Florida from ferocious storms. Among them: blowing hurricanes away with giant fans or blowing them up with nuclear warheads.
"Suggestions have included coating the surface of the water with olive oil; towing an iceberg down to Florida to cool down the water temperature; or building large fans on the coast to blow away approaching storms."
I'm sure the marine wildlife would absolutely love that first idea. And really, after the Exxon Valdez, is it really necessary for the kitty-korner part of the USA to do its part for marine habitat destruction?
Some perspective, people, please.