Well, I'm gonna answer this in a different way. In the tropics, there is so much evaporation on the oceans that the air above the oceans that they easily reach 100% relative humidity. At this point, any additional heat is 'trapped' in the water, because there is no more room in the air for more water evaporation This extra heat builds up and builds up, and the only way this energy can be released is by a large storm that can move this extra energy to a higher spot in the atmosphere, thus allowing more evaporation. Unfortunately, all of this extra energy causing air movement can be very powerful and we tend to get in the way.
2007-06-05 10:06:11
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answered by QFL 24-7 6
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Unfortunately hurricanes can't be stopped because they are so powerful, large, and fast. There have been many theories on how to do this, and each has a major flaw:
1) Towing an iceberg from the north to to cool the water. This would take weeks to accomplish (hurricanes strike in days) and even if the ice did not melt before it got there, would be the equivalent of dropping an ice chip into a bathtub full of hot water.
2) Giant fans on the coast to set up a counterdraft. This would be about as effective as using your breath to change the wind direction generated by a ceiling fan. Even if there were fans large enough, it would merely swirl the wind around differently, not stop it.
3) Drop a nuclear bomb into the storm to dissipate its energy. There is enough energy in each storm that it might take several bombs to get it all...assuming that exactly the right area could be targeted every single time...a difficult task at best since the wind is constantly shifting and would buffet the planes around. Not to mention the radiation danger of the aftermath of such an explosion.
4) Silver iodide seeding. This was tried a few decades ago through a program called "Operation Storm Fury." The belief was that because silver iodide acts effectively as ice crystals, the supercooled water of the thunderstorm wall clouds would freeze and make the wall rainbands grow and weaken the eyewall (the most destructive part of a hurricane). Unfortunately, there isn't enough supercooled water in hurricane thunderstorms to make this an effective method of stopping them; what was once thought to have been a successful seeding was later proven to be the natural concentric eyewall cycle that temporarily weakened the storm, which later strengthened again.
So, it appears the world just has to live with mother nature's most destructive force.
2007-06-05 18:56:30
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answered by Vangorn2000 6
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for a more understandable answer to you question go to weather.com there is a section on hurricanes. Nothing can be done to stop the destruction. It is part of the risk of living on the coasts or for that matter inland of a coastal state.
I live in central Mississippi and when Katrina hit inland she was still at 125 mph (this is 3 hours from the coast). I was lucky to only have minor roof damage and one tree top down.
2007-06-05 17:04:10
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answered by Leslie C 4
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well: according to :National Weather Services they can
give us an daily report on Tropical Storms which We'd known
as Forcast system today done by Measuring the Wind 's current in which it could mix with Warm & Cold Tempachures
as usual yes all knows about Hurricane Safety prepairness
same way visit http://www.hurricane.safetyprepairness.com
2007-06-06 11:13:27
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answered by toddk57@sbcglobal.net 6
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they are so violent, as you probably have heard, because they literally suck the moistue out of the ocean, which that water vapor later condenses when cool enough into clouds...this continues to happen, and the buildup is so intense. And finally it releases all of its energy.
advice: go to weather.com and (im not sure how) & email the hurricane expert there: Dr. Steve Lyons
2007-06-05 17:00:19
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answered by Upon this rock 3
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atmospheric conditions and barometric pressure makes them violent. building to withstand the wind prevents destruction. hurricanes can't be controlled.
2007-06-05 16:58:33
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answered by wendy_da_goodlil_witch 7
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The wind and rain and storm surges
how do we stop them ? we can't we should re-locate our cities that are in Hurricane Zones or at least off the coast
2007-06-05 16:55:41
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answered by Samantha 6
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Global warming may just have something to do with this.
2007-06-05 16:55:56
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answered by Anonymous
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