One does get the sense that
tornadoes could be beaten as a matter of course. We certainly have the hardware and manpower
in place to do it if we can glue together a working methodology.
I think it is time to try. Most tornadoes are harmless but not from
actual capability. We need to get
comfortable with neutralizing them and getting them all is a decent objective
because we are able to spot them. As
this winter reminded us, a bad season is very bad and casualties and property
damage in unimaginable.
Towns may even be protected by
anti tornado batteries able to fling appropriate chemicals into the tornado
though fast jets are likely to be more cost effective.
Whatever we though would work on
a hurricane should be far more useful against a tornado.
Let's Fight the Tornados
I have seen a tornado form as the clouds move in and a violently
rotating column of air occurred about a thousand feet above me. I always
felt if I had a rocket or a radar beam weapon I could have stopped it from
forming. We must grieve the loss of life and massive destruction in
the Midwest . Tornadoes and
thunderstorms claimed at least six lives in Oklahoma and Kansas . In Joplin , Missouri ,
124 died in a tornado Sunday, with hundreds missing.
In 1925, the infamous U.S.
Tristate twister hit parts of Missouri , Illinois and Indiana ,
claiming 695 lives. Because tornados kill people and wreck property, costing
billions of dollars yearly, a force of tornado fighters should be developed!
They could be set up similar to tornado chasers with weapons to defeat the
tornados.
We know tornadoes need a source of instability (heat, moisture, etc.)
and a larger-scale property of rotation (vorticity) to keep going. One process
around a thunderstorm which can rob the tornado of either instability or
vorticity is relatively cold outflow--the flow of wind out of the
precipitation area of a shower or thunderstorm. Many tornadoes have been
observed to go away soon after being hit by outflow. Tornados generally
form when "warm moist Gulf air meets cold Canadian air and dry air
from the Rockies . The most destructive
tornadoes occur from supercells--which are rotating thunderstorms with a
well-defined radar circulation called a mesocyclone.Recent theories and
results from the VORTEX program
suggest that once a mesocyclone is underway, tornado development is related to
the temperature differences across the edge of downdraft air wrapping around
the mesocyclone.
Tornado fighters set up west of towns could use small exact distance
rockets to strategically place and detonate safe, yet cloud dispersing
explosives or chemicals. Various methods could be tested to determine what
effects the super cell that forms the tornado. Perhaps a radar beam could be
focused and tuned to ruin the magnetic lattice of the tornado. The military
owns micro wave beam technology that might be effective in stopping the forming
of a tornado. We can now produce clouds that create rain; perhaps these
machines operating in a reverse mode would take the energy out of the clouds.
I'm not sure what would work effectively but now is the time to start
developing procedures to defeat the tornados. A method is needed for stopping
the swirling action that leads to the formation of the tornado. With
experimentation we might find a simple solution. Doppler radar and
sophisticated computer graphics storm chasers have been intercepting
tornados for years. It's not an exact science yet but towns are often given
several hours warning time.
Ground or air based units could intercept suspicious tornado forming
clouds before they touch down' Dumping dry ice into a cloud may be effective in
cooling its energy. Large aircraft can dump tons of ice, coal dust, or cloud
damping products at minimal cost. High explosives dropped or shot
into the clouds may be effective in stopping the swirling action. It's time to
study and experiment. C-5 or C-117 aircraft could drop tons of dry ice or
smaller conventional weaponry into critical super cells. It would certainly be
worth trying as an experiment. Congress would have to deny any legal problems
that might occur.
A tornado's vortex can reach speeds of over 300 miles per hour and
travel at 75 MPH. I have flown in hurricanes and winds well above a hundred
knots. Tornados are fragile and if any variable is changed it becomes
unstable and will disintegrate of its own volition. Military transports or
tankers might be able to calm our skies. Talk to your congressman about
developing a way to fight tornadoes and hurricanes... http://science.howstuffworks.com/nature/climate-weather/storms/tornado.htm
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The top of the storm clouds are negative ionized very cold air.
Have you ever noticed how clean and fresh the air smells after a rain storm?
That is negative ionized air.
you are smelling.
The ground is naturally positive ionized.
Of course opposites attract.
There could be built a series of towers that put out negative ions and create a "wall" to repel the storm system.
It will never happen of course.
Negative ion generators could be placed on poles and other places to create a negative ion wall which would repel the storm system.
The storm clouds are negative ionized and very cold on top.
That is where hail comes from.
The ground is naturally positive ionized and the area the storm is moving into is very warm.
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