150 million degrees Fahrenheit
That is the heat at the center of a nuclear explosion. If anyone thought Harvey was a ridiculous storm, just set off a nuck at the center of a hurricane and watch a storm that is hideous and ridiculous. Nuclear explosions don't happen above ground for a reason.
October 29, 2012
By Rachel Kaufman
To save lives and reduce costs, (click here) there would be tremendous advantage if science had a way to stop a devastating hurricane like Sandy. And scientists have thought of it before.
One idea that rears its head almost every hurricane season recently is the notion of bombing a hurricane into submission. The theory goes that the energy released by a nuclear bomb detonated just above and ahead of the eye of a storm would heat the cooler air there, disrupting the storm's convection current.
Unfortunately, this idea, which has been around in some form since the 1960s, wouldn't work....
