Rich Grise wrote:

On Thu, 23 Feb 2006 09:49:28 -0700, Mark Fergerson wrote:
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We simply cannot wield energies on natural scales.

This prompted a little thought experiment - what would have happened if,
while Katrina was marshaling her forces right plop on top of the Gulf,
what if we'd dropped a little nuke right down her eye, with an air burst
at about 8,000'? It'd blow the whole thing away, right?

Then I thought, Ach, crap, no. What about the updraft from the 'shroom
cloud? It'd start a new one, only even worse! AAAAIIIIIEEEEEEEE!!!! =:-O

When nuclear weapons were first developed, this was considered. It was
found that the largest bomb that humans knew how to make produced a
negligible amount of energy compared to that of a small hurricane.

Thanks! ;-)
Rich

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