Fighting Tornados

One does get the sense thattornadoes could be beaten as a matter of course.  We certainly have the hardware and manpowerin place to do it if we can glue together a working methodology.

I think it is time to try.  Most tornadoes are harmless but not fromactual capability.  We need to getcomfortable with neutralizing them and getting them all is a decent objectivebecause we are able to spot them.  Asthis winter reminded us, a bad season is very bad and casualties and propertydamage in unimaginable.

Towns may even be protected byanti tornado batteries able to fling appropriate chemicals into the tornadothough fast jets are likely to be more cost effective.

Whatever we though would work ona hurricane should be far more useful against a tornado.

Let's Fight the Tornados

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I have seen a tornado form as the clouds move in and a violentlyrotating column of air occurred about a thousand feet above me. I alwaysfelt if I had a rocket or a radar beam weapon I could have stopped it fromforming. We must grieve the loss of life and massive destruction inthe Midwest. Tornadoes andthunderstorms claimed at least six lives in Oklahoma and Kansas. In Joplin, Missouri,124 died in a tornado Sunday, with hundreds missing.

In 1925, the infamous U.S.Tristate twister hit parts of Missouri, Illinois and Indiana,claiming 695 lives. Because tornados kill people and wreck property, costingbillions of dollars yearly, a force of tornado fighters should be developed!They could be set up similar to tornado chasers with weapons to defeat thetornados.

We know tornadoes need a source of instability (heat, moisture, etc.)and a larger-scale property of rotation (vorticity) to keep going. One processaround a thunderstorm which can rob the tornado of either instability orvorticity is relatively cold outflow--the flow of wind out of theprecipitation area of a shower or thunderstorm. Many tornadoes have beenobserved to go away soon after being hit by outflow. Tornados generallyform when "warm moist Gulf air meets cold Canadian air and dry airfrom the Rockies. The most destructivetornadoes occur from supercells--which are rotating thunderstorms with awell-defined radar circulation called a mesocyclone.Recent theories andresults from the VORTEX programsuggest that once a mesocyclone is underway, tornado development is related tothe temperature differences across the edge of downdraft air wrapping aroundthe mesocyclone.

Tornado fighters set up west of towns could use small exact distancerockets to strategically place and detonate safe, yet cloud dispersingexplosives or chemicals. Various methods could be tested to determine whateffects the super cell that forms the tornado. Perhaps a radar beam could befocused and tuned to ruin the magnetic lattice of the tornado. The militaryowns micro wave beam technology that might be effective in stopping the formingof a tornado. We can now produce clouds that create rain; perhaps thesemachines operating in a reverse mode would take the energy out of the clouds.I'm not sure what would work effectively but now is the time to startdeveloping procedures to defeat the tornados. A method is needed for stoppingthe swirling action that leads to the formation of the tornado. Withexperimentation we might find a simple solution. Doppler radar andsophisticated computer graphics storm chasers have been interceptingtornados for years. It's not an exact science yet but towns are often givenseveral hours warning time. 

Ground or air based units could intercept suspicious tornado formingclouds before they touch down' Dumping dry ice into a cloud may be effective incooling its energy. Large aircraft can dump tons of ice, coal dust, or clouddamping products at minimal cost. High explosives dropped or shotinto the clouds may be effective in stopping the swirling action. It's time tostudy and experiment. C-5 or C-117 aircraft could drop tons of dry ice orsmaller conventional weaponry into critical super cells. It would certainly beworth trying as an experiment. Congress would have to deny any legal problemsthat might occur. 

A tornado's vortex can reach speeds of over 300 miles per hour andtravel at 75 MPH. I have flown in hurricanes and winds well above a hundredknots. Tornados are fragile and if any variable is changed it becomesunstable and will disintegrate of its own volition. Military transports ortankers might be able to calm our skies. Talk to your congressman aboutdeveloping a way to fight tornadoes and hurricanes... http://science.howstuffworks.com/nature/climate-weather/storms/tornado.htm