Why Don't We Just Nuke Hurricanes?

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Published on March 19, 2019 12:00:00 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOunTEiLjHw

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Hurricanes are just made up of clouds and wind moving in a certain pattern…so could we use a nuclear weapon to disrupt that wind enough to stop them?

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