🧵 Fighting Weather
Anonymous at Sun, 31 Mar 2024 22:55:04 UTC No. 16106936
Is it possible that modern science in the future will have ways to stop super cell storms and funnel clouds from forming tornadoes?
Anonymous at Mon, 1 Apr 2024 00:12:02 UTC No. 16107050
>>16106936
Probably not they tried seeding storms with various "condensation nuclei" so they drop all their water and lose energy but thr results were inconclusive.
I meet a guy who claimed he could use some electromagnetic radition to make it rain, but then again he told me that the right hand grip rule was bullshit.
Anonymous at Mon, 1 Apr 2024 02:26:24 UTC No. 16107200
>>16106936
already being done.
why do you think tornados never tear through major cities?
Anonymous at Mon, 1 Apr 2024 03:15:00 UTC No. 16107241
>>16107200
>why do you think tornados never tear through major cities?
They have been in the suburbs of several major cities but the probability of them going through a city center is very rare.
Anonymous at Mon, 1 Apr 2024 03:25:21 UTC No. 16107247
>>16106936
>Is it possible that modern science in the future will have ways to stop super cell storms and funnel clouds from forming tornadoes?
We could do it right now with the technology we already have, but we're gay and would rather spend money on literally anything but science.
I'm not a meteorologist expert, so take this with a massive amount of salt, but things like tornadoes are all just temperature gradients interacting with one another to create antagonistic weather systems. Cold air meeting warm air, humidity meeting dryness, and the tension creating instability. It wouldn't be cheap, and it'd probably be bad for the environment (fuck up birds & aeroplankton's lives), but you might be able to manage them with things like orbital lasers or large troph/stratospheric balloons equipped with air conditioning devices.
People might ask about "well what about those cloud making devices?" Those are literally just cannons shooting accelerant/irritant agents that encourage clouds to either form or release their water. What you want to control to deter tornados is air temperature and humidity.
>>16107200
>why do you think tornados never tear through major cities?
It's called concrete, ever heard of it?
No, but, it literally is a byproduct of concrete: it's called the 'Urban Heat Island' effect. Urban development creates massive amounts of ambient waste heat that deter tornados.
Anonymous at Mon, 1 Apr 2024 03:45:46 UTC No. 16107281
>>16107247
>urban heat island
interesting never thought of that
Anonymous at Mon, 1 Apr 2024 05:09:16 UTC No. 16107374
>>16107247
heat makes it more likely for a tornado to pass through them dumbass
Anonymous at Mon, 1 Apr 2024 05:23:21 UTC No. 16107396
>>16107374
No.
What is true - tornadoes are created in hot conditions. That DOESN’T mean that just because dense urban areas create excess heat, that they create more tornadoes. Are the hottest cities in the US where tornadoes happen the most? Fuck no.
Heat is usually required for a tornado to occur. That fact that is independent of the fact that urban areas, with their excess heat, increase the length of growing seasons thereby decreasing the chance of tornadoes.
Anonymous at Mon, 1 Apr 2024 10:38:49 UTC No. 16107576
>>16107396
The logic is okay, you are just dead wrong. This myth has been debunked many times in the past decades.
Most researches concouded that UHI-s might influence weaker convective systems, but have no effect on more robust supercells and significant tornadoes.
Anonymous at Mon, 1 Apr 2024 10:45:00 UTC No. 16107584
>>16107200
As someone who lived in downtown Atlanta when it was hit by a tornado, I can confidently say you don't know what the fuck you're talking about.
Anonymous at Mon, 1 Apr 2024 10:46:03 UTC No. 16107585
Anonymous at Mon, 1 Apr 2024 15:37:20 UTC No. 16107857
>>16107247
so it's safer to be in a small trucker town than an isolated house?
Anonymous at Mon, 1 Apr 2024 16:36:21 UTC No. 16107937
>>16107200
Your parents must feel immense guilt from dropping you as a baby.
Anonymous at Mon, 1 Apr 2024 18:16:11 UTC No. 16108019
>>16107374
No, tornadoes are formed from the perfect mixture of heated and cooled air, perfect moisture and atmospheric conditions. The slightest weather change can make a tornado dissipate or fail to form.
Anonymous at Mon, 1 Apr 2024 18:17:27 UTC No. 16108021
>>16107857
I don't think it makes a difference, nothing stops a tornado
Anonymous at Mon, 1 Apr 2024 18:55:54 UTC No. 16108061
For those who don't know, there might be some major tornado happenings today and tomorrow
Anonymous Magnate at Mon, 1 Apr 2024 19:20:06 UTC No. 16108110
>>16107200
salt lake city had a tornado in 1999. Not a huge one (F2) but still did a fair bit of damage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHV
Here's an F4 tornado in China from 2019. Looks pretty bad and there's a lot of mid-size residential buildings around, like 6 stories or so
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIl