Re: Controlling hurricanes

From: Anders Sandberg (asa@nada.kth.se)
Date: Fri Sep 17 1999 - 06:01:49 MDT


"Zeb Haradon" <zharadon@inconnect.com> writes:

> What exactly causes a hurricane to move in a certain direction? Redirecting
> it might be feasible.

I think it is a combination of the jet streams, the coriolis effect
and sometimes the eye jet (or is that just in _Mother of
Storms_?). None of them seem very easy to redirect.

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