Cyclone Amphan is about to hit the Indian coast and we are doing practically nothing about it.
State governments are moving people from the coastal areas, putting them in shelters, asking people not to go out and everything else. But what they are not doing is exaclty what needs to be done.
We need to find a way to reduce its impact. But that is least of their worries, I suppose.
Theoretically, a cyclones speed can be reduced by putting tons of ice or dry ice into it.
We knew its trajectory, we knew its path, we knew its speed, time, everything. All the government needed to do was, try to cool it.
Throwing tonnes of ice in its way at intervals of 2 km each would have helped decrease its temperature and that in turn would have decreased its intensity.
I know this is theoretical; I know Bay of Bengal is an open area; but what’s wrong in trying?
I am pretty sure, even if the cyclone hadn’t died down, its intensity would have lessened by some amount.
200,000 Kg ice, spread at 2 Km intervals over a stretch of 20 Kms would have absorbed 114,200,000 Kilojoules and it might have been a far less of an impact than the one that we are going to witness.
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Be careful… stay safe as possible. Keep us updated please. All I can say is brace…
Here is what CNN is saying…
https://www.cnn.com/asia/live-news/live-updates-cyclone-amphan-intl-hnk/index.html
You must be having it hit now? Stay safe – will pray for you 🙏
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i didnt know info about the ice, nice post.
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True said.
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Role of ice in reducing cyclone speed wasn’t known to me. Thanks.
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One can use ice, liquide nitrogen, dry ice using compressed CO2. The goal is to lower the temperature of the cyclone and reduce the amount of energy.
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You know, if more people were able to think of others instead of themselves, the world would be a better place. I’m not terribly religious so I will say that I am thinking of you. Take care.
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It’s a good thing not being religious.
And I am not anywhere close to the impact zone.
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See now, that’s crazy! Why WOULDN’T they be willing to try that?! If there’s at all a chance of lessening damage to places, then unless it’s going to cause more damage, something should be done! Stay safe! Good luck!
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They WOULDN’T try that, because it is theoretical and they probably don’t even know it can be done.
Because as I told you, they are all idiots.
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Yes, that’s totally fair!
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It isn’t. It is stupid to not evolve and try new theories.
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Really Ice is used? Has there been any previous instance where it was used? From where shall we bring so much ice?
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Pressure pumping CO2 into a container gives you dry ice.
And it is a theory. A perfectly viable one.
The cyclone basically has insane amount of heat energy which it uses to power itself, increasing over time.
If it sucks in high amount of ice, dry ice, etc. it will cool its temperature down by a huge margin, thus decreasing its force.
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The process of getting so much ice from CO2 isn’t at all an economical process. There is already a solution from nature for cyclones. The mangroves. We cut mangrove forests ,we face the wrath
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Well, that is not a solution. That is one of the reasons why it happens.
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https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/lymouth-flood-disaster-raf-rainmaking-3215800
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I know how clouds are seeded to make it rain or snow, depending upon the temperature. Your point being?
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My point being cloud seeding experiments led to disasters previously. So we should be considerate while making such experiments
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Well, not every scientist is stupid.
Now, I know how to theoretically make a blackhole. But, I won’t do that because I know it can be a bit life threatening.
Those who do, do it under the pressure of governments.
Those are the people who study and use science for monetary gains.
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