On 7/2/2012 2:25 PM, Mike Marlow wrote:
Leon wrote:


Now the sun certainly warms the waters considerably and has to warm
the water to at least 80 degrees to a depth of 150 feet to even form
and sustain a hurricane. Nothing man is doing will come close to
doing that.

80 degrees, but not to a depth of 150 feet. That would be very difficult,
even for the sun. It does not penetrate water that far, and the masses of
cold water underneath the surface water (at 80 degrees), would overwhelm it
and cool it significantly at 150 feet.



Yes 150 feet!

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