HomesteadGirl
(Registered User)
Tue Nov 15 2005 01:34 PM
Re: Pascal's and Bernoulli's principle combined will weaken Hurricanes

What you are suggesting would most definetly disrupt sea life, all sea life. Before going hogwild on this idea, which is good in it's own theory, you may want to consult with a biologist, more specifically a marine biologist. I work for an environmental company, and have seen many different things get swept under the rug (so to speak) in the past only to come up and bite people in the you know where. How about draining the Everglades to eliminate the immense flooding after the Lake Okeechobee Hurricane in the 20's. Someone said "geez, we lost a lot of lives. Let's dig huge canals and drain the swamp and straighten out the Kissimmee River so farms and cities along the lake wont flood during the next hurricane." Sounded good at the time but now look what they're doing. The government is spending multiple billions of dollars on preserving the Everglades as best they can from what they had done back some 70+ years ago. They're trying to undo what they had done because not enough knowledge was available (or not used if it was) to determine the reprocussions of their actions. We have the knowledge available to us now. Not maybe the other bloggers here or myself personally, but there are people who would agree with us and back it up with facts. All that we're saying is have a consult with someone in the field and then try to determine if its feasable.

One more thing, if you will look at the dates of each hurricane/TC this year there was no more than 2-3 days in between the ending of one and the beginning of another with exception of maybe the first storm back in June and then this last month. We'd be opening up the floodgates quite often to eliminate a higher intensity hurricane. That would for sure put a huge strain on marine life. Just do some checking and then reassess your decision.



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