The fact is we can do something about powerful hurricanes may come as a surprise. It is simply a plumbing problem or more accurately a pump problem. All it takes is chilling the surface of the ocean with colder water from down below from the deeper reaches of the ocean.
A bunch of PVC tubes 24" in diameter hanging down in the water supported by a float ring maybe 36" in diameter with a simple insert of a smaller diameter tube, say 20" also with a floating ring outside of it so the two tubes slide easily together. Now on the inside tube, you cap the bottom but cut the center out so a simple rubber foot valve can open to let cold water in.
The wave action should be enough to create suction which will start the flow of cold water to the surface consistently in a steady stream similar to a free flowing artesian well.
Put a few thousand of these pumps to work in the path of a hurricane days before while it is forming and you might be able to change the key component of hurricane formation which is heat. Once the surface temperature reaches a critical point these self tending pumps could be deployed to prevent the formation of storms that subsist on hot water.
One could also dedicate refrigerator ships to make ice that is spread on the ocean laying huge trails of the cold stuff in the storm's path could break up the structure of the storm provided it shoots for the eye of the storm which will cause the hurricane to rain out. The other way is a ship with a huge pump on deck dangling a very long tube to the depths of the Ocean. Yes, there is more research to be done. We have the technology. We just need to apply it properly. The fire dept. has pumper trucks that could be rolled on deck to serve at sea for a quick fix.
The current technique is seeding the upper storm with water forming chemicals causing the storm to rain itself out. The problem stems from thetemperature of the surface. Cool it
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