Do you believe nuking hurricanes is an efficacious and safe way to halt them?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

Trump suggests 'nuking hurricanes' to stop them hitting America – report
US president reportedly asked more than once about why military could not bomb hurricanes

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/aug/26/donald-trump-suggests-nuking-hurricanes-to-stop-them-hitting-america-report

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	28 (93%)
	Yes
	2 (7%)
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[uriel1972]

1. There are not enough faces and palms for this.

[lunatica]

6. America's face hurts.

[LuvNewcastle]

2. I think we should dump espresso and milk into a hurricane

so we can all have cappuccinos when the storm comes in.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

3. I would need to test this theory on at least 100 hurricanes to say for sure.....

... ....with dozens of research aircraft circulating about and taking data. Program would require around 50 years to complete, including long-term radiation effect studies. A private research island in the Caribbean deeded in my name will be required.

Everyone agree a big GoFundMe for this should be sufficient?.........
Disclaimer: There's no guarantee that any living thing will be left on Earth after this test....

[Tiggeroshii]

4. Yes

I mean. At this point, who really cares if it's not?

[Tommy_Carcetti]

14. Eh? nt

[Recursion]

5. We did the energy calculations on this way back in grad school for a thermo class

Roughly the entire avowed US arsenal could conceivably break down the heat engine of a category 4

[dchill]

7. I think Zantac ought to do it.

[captain queeg]

17. 👍

[NCjack]

29. CIC Trump could surgically N-bomb the hurricane's eye, thereby killing its brain. Then, it

would just roll over and die. Just like shooting a big animal. Not necessary to kill every cell with a shot from a gun. Just kill its brain.

[sakabatou]

8. A hurricane has about 12 billion times the joules than the biggest bomb ever made

So no, a nuclear blast won't destroy a hurricane

[Doodley]

9. Those that voted yes are welcome to argue the case or provide a shred of evidence.

[AllyCat]

10. That's what I was wondering. Who are the 3 that feel this is a

Good idea?

[Agschmid]

20. Could just be satire...

[Coventina]

39. There are now 4. Do they know we can see their usernames?

[ExciteBike66]

11. Best to just vaccinate the hurricanes to give them autism...

[smirkymonkey]

21. *snicker*

[pnwmom]

12. I thought this would be our first poll with 100% no's.

[Lulu KC]

32. +1

[Wounded Bear]

40. Expectations are planned disappointments...

It's impossible to underestimate the intelligence in a large group.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

13. Of course not.

It was an asinine idea when I heard it long ago, and I couldn’t take anyone seriously who proposed it as a real solution.

Wait, does this mean I can’t take Trump seriously anymore?

[Buns_of_Fire]

15. How about just building a big, beautiful hurricane wall? nt

[LisaL]

18. That actually could help in some areas but that costs a lot of money.

There have been proposals for coastal barrier systems but as far as I know because of money nothing came to fruition.

[democratisphere]

16. Great idea as long as we don't mind the nuclear fallout and winter

that will result. Let's see what else we can do to f'up Planet Earth. drumpf is hell bent on finding a reason for using nuclear weapons. Insane!

[Fyrefox]

19. Trump knows big winds...

What can one expect from someone who believes that wind turbines can cause cancer, and vaccines autism?

[smirkymonkey]

22. Why doesn't Trump just "Hereby Order" any hurricanes to turn around and head toward

China?

[Historic NY]

23. Is this part of MAD?

Mutual assured destruction

[GoCubsGo]

24. Pass.

There is no "Seriously? Jeezus. That is so stupid, it does bear asking." option. It is the only answer to this question.

[ck4829]

25. No. We'd just have a hurricane with radioactive fallout

[neeksgeek]

26. Oh my, what a great idea! Not really...

A typical hurricane expends more energy per second than the Little Boy (Hirosima) bomb’s total output. The energy in a hurricane is immense. I’m sure that a given storm could be scattered by a big enough explosion (or series of smaller ones), but the energy is still there in the warm water. A hurricane isn’t some external object like an asteroid about to hit earth, it’s part of the climate’s equilibrium.

In short, we’d never be able to stop them all without more nuclear explosions than all the tests we’ve done!

Editing to add: worst case scenario, a nuke doesn’t do anything but make a radioactive hurricane. Doesn’t that sound like fun???

Back in the early atomic age, all sorts of uses for nuclear power were explored. Using atomic weapons to blast paths through mountains for new highways; launching spacecraft on a pillar of atomic explosions (a “nuclear pulse rocket” - AKA Project Orion). Et cetera. These outlandish ideas have seen some use in science fiction, for example in Dune, Paul Atreides uses atomics to blast through a mountain range named the Shield Wall; even in this far-flung futuristic work of fiction, it’s considered a horrible idea.

[C_U_L8R]

27. Has Trump been watching Sharknado?

WTF

[captain queeg]

28. He has been itching to use nukes somewhere, some how

It’s like a big special toy no one else has, and he wants to play with it. That’s his childish side, his manlihood is as tiny as his mushroom dick. He wants to show he has the biggest, bestest “gun”.

[brewens]

30. I can see wondering about that. But most people realize it's a dumb idea and don't say it. n/t

[dameatball]

31. Absolutely not. It will only create more giant fire-breathing Godzillas and extremely large ants

that will eat people and destroy infrastructure.

[Newest Reality]

33. Maybe...

Maybe he would be better off on this one with the rake idea?

Get thousands of people on boats to hold rakes up to clean up the hurricane.

[BluesRunTheGame]

34. Just send "the chosen one" out there in a duck floatie and let him blow it out.

[scarytomcat]

35. Didn"t Nixon drop a regular bomb on one?

Turned into two and they got stronger as I recall

[lark]

36. We need another category - IMO

batshit fucking insane and murderous idea captures the lunacy better for me.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

37. Hurricanes are bad and can cause a lot of devastation

but nuclear winters are certainly much, much worse and the recovery time is, of course, nowhere even remotely comparable. Of course, we all know that he has been eager to use nukes since his campaign, because, like he said, "what's the point of having them if we're not using them (which is actually a good point come to think of it, but not for the reason he thinks it is)." Where did this idea of using nukes on a hurricane even come from? That sounds hella crazy to begin with. Glad there are at least a few people around him whom are trying to steer him away from this kind of madness. I commented about this on a USA Today FB post and was, predictably, hammered by Trump supporters telling me that there's no way that he would ever say something so crazy.

[Quixote1818]

38. Scientists have done the calculations. It won't work period and would be the ultimate dirty bomb

[DemocratSinceBirth]

41. Why would someone vote yes?

[Niagara]

42. Now MF45 denies that he suggested nuking hurricanes

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-slams-suggestion-that-he-would-nuke-hurricanes-as-fake-news

[struggle4progress]

43. I believe "Radioactive Hurricane" is a dandy nickname for Donald