Re: Rita
- From: "Will Hand" <will@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2005 10:21:22 +0100
"Roger Hembury" <roger.hembury@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hi All,
>
> Sensible question -
>
> Can someone explain why Rita is only moving at 9mph (as reported on the news
> last night) when it is generating winds of 125-150mph. It just seems a bit
> odd to me.
>
Think of a hurricane as a vortex moving in a current of air. The current is
moving slowly guided by upper tropospheric winds but the vortex within that
current is spinning wildly.
> Completly barking mad question -
>
> If a 5 megaton nuke was detonated in the eye of the storm (when it was way
> off-shore) would it stop the storm in it's tracks? Would the pro's -
> stopping the storm before it hits land and therefore no multi-billion dollar
> storm damage - out weigh the cons - radiation and maybe some damage from the
> blast - of doing this.
>
A hurricane packs the power of a million nukes so one will barely scratch the
surface but as you say the radiation would cause more long term damage than any
hurricane. Hurricane wind and water damage can in theory be repaired, radiation
damage will last for hundreds of years.
Will.
--
" Let's go Wombling tonight, anyone, I luuurve a good womble, usual place, usual
time ? :-) "
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