Stopping a tornado
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As we still don't really know how one forms, stopping it is conjecture.
Mythbusters did a lot around tornados, but never this one....
I would guess that the amount of explosive used to make a shockwave large enough to disrupt such a localised low pressure system, would destroy more than the tornado would in the first place...
Mythbusters did a lot around tornados, but never this one....
I would guess that the amount of explosive used to make a shockwave large enough to disrupt such a localised low pressure system, would destroy more than the tornado would in the first place...
Year ago a saw footage of a volcanic eruption, might have been Congo I think, certainly somewhere in Africa. There was this low wall of lava creeping down the street at about 1mph, destroying everything in its path. Then this bloke ran out of a shop, ran up to the front of the flow, and sprayed it with a fire extinguisher! When the thing was empty and the flow continued, he looked at the empty cannister, shook his head in disappointment, and thru it at the flow!
slipstream 1985 said:
Einion Yrth said:
I don't know whether or not "Science!" would ever have been the place for this thread, but it certainly isn't now.
The moderation on this site really is terrifyingly low of IQ.
I put it in the lounge to start with but it got moved.The moderation on this site really is terrifyingly low of IQ.
TwigtheWonderkid said:
Year ago a saw footage of a volcanic eruption, might have been Congo I think, certainly somewhere in Africa. There was this low wall of lava creeping down the street at about 1mph, destroying everything in its path. Then this bloke ran out of a shop, ran up to the front of the flow, and sprayed it with a fire extinguisher! When the thing was empty and the flow continued, he looked at the empty cannister, shook his head in disappointment, and thru it at the flow!
A hosepipe might have done better.Simpo Two said:
TwigtheWonderkid said:
Year ago a saw footage of a volcanic eruption, might have been Congo I think, certainly somewhere in Africa. There was this low wall of lava creeping down the street at about 1mph, destroying everything in its path. Then this bloke ran out of a shop, ran up to the front of the flow, and sprayed it with a fire extinguisher! When the thing was empty and the flow continued, he looked at the empty cannister, shook his head in disappointment, and thru it at the flow!
A hosepipe might have done better.TwigtheWonderkid said:
Year ago a saw footage of a volcanic eruption, might have been Congo I think, certainly somewhere in Africa. There was this low wall of lava creeping down the street at about 1mph, destroying everything in its path. Then this bloke ran out of a shop, ran up to the front of the flow, and sprayed it with a fire extinguisher! When the thing was empty and the flow continued, he looked at the empty cannister, shook his head in disappointment, and thru it at the flow!
That really made me laugh for some reason.I suppose it's his honest naive hope of being the towns saviour and his f
k it all frustration in throwing it at the lava flow when mother nature defeats him in his moment of glory!Well it worked with an eruption in Iceland.... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eldfell
Turquoise said:
TwigtheWonderkid said:
Year ago a saw footage of a volcanic eruption, might have been Congo I think, certainly somewhere in Africa. There was this low wall of lava creeping down the street at about 1mph, destroying everything in its path. Then this bloke ran out of a shop, ran up to the front of the flow, and sprayed it with a fire extinguisher! When the thing was empty and the flow continued, he looked at the empty cannister, shook his head in disappointment, and thru it at the flow!
That really made me laugh for some reason.I suppose it's his honest naive hope of being the towns saviour and his f
k it all frustration in throwing it at the lava flow when mother nature defeats him in his moment of glory!http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/Africa-Congo-Vol...
slipstream 1985 said:
So i get some stupid idea's at times. Could you place a bomb infront of the path of a tornado to disrupt the air as it passes over and stop the tornado? Would the explosion if big enough disrupt the airflow eough or would it just reform afterwards?
Surely the question here is why? A large bomb will guarantee destruction, chaos and risk to life. i.e. far worse than that of the tornado. Not too mention predicting where to place said bomb would be the primary thing to achieve for any remedial action.
It's actually quite simple to do and there are plans afoot in the US. Wind-turbines have a significant and well document affect on weather patterns. It is predicted that by fitting a relatively small number of turbines at the edges of the 'tornado alley' that it would be sufficient to take enough energy out of the wind to prevent twisters from starting in the first place.
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