And what about the ecological impacts across the Gulf of Mexico? How about the cost feasibility for the Gulf, Caribbean, and Atlantic? How about the overall impacts on global weather and climate -- after all, hurricanes redistribute heat from the tropics to the midlatitudes to keep the global climate system in balance. And, last I checked, tornadoes don't have a lot to do with the oceans.

I'm sorry, but while it may sound good in principle, it just doesn't work in reality, creating many more problems than it would solve -- as strange as that may sound given the cost of hurricanes in terms of both human life and dollars. Removing hurricanes would throw the entire climate system out of balance, with many repercussions.