Why Don't We Just Nuke Hurricanes?

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SciShow is supported by Brilliant.org. Go to https://Brilliant.org/SciShow to get 20% off of an annual Premium subscription. Hurricanes are just made up of clouds and wind moving in a certain pattern…so could we use a nuclear weapon to disrupt that wind enough to stop them? Hosted by: Michael Aranda SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at https://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Bill & Katie Scholl, Adam Brainard, Greg, Alex Hackman, Andrew Finley Brenan, Sam Lutfi, D.A. Noe, الخليفي سلطان, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Patrick D. Ashmore, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Chris Peters ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: Sources: https://www.livescience.com/24383-can-you-stop-a-hurricane-by-nuking-it.html http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/C5c.html http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/C5i.html https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/11/hurricanes-weather-history-nuclear-weapons/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2017/09/26/heres-why-we-cant-destroy-hurricanes-with-bombs-or-any-other-method/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.178b28ff6e96 https://yearbook.enerdata.net/electricity/electricity-domestic-consumption-data.html http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/D7.html Image Sources: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/Arthur_Jul_1_2014_1915-2307Z.gif https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Andrew_1992-08-23_1231Z.png
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