Re: [CTRL] Powder Dries Up Fla. Thunderstorms

2001-07-20 Thread RevCOAL 

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On Fri, 20 Jul 2001, Prudence L. Kuhn wrote:
 The company said a granule absorbs 2,000 times its weight in water.

Just what we need, more gunk in the water.  Wonder how it is in the food
chain?  Prudy

This is the same stuff that's mixed with garden soil to help it retain
moisture.  It's supposed to be biodegradable, and as the article
mentioned it dissolves on contact with seawater...

It cost $40,000 to use it just on a normal thunderstorm...the cost to use
it on a hurricane (which is why they're testing it) would run to at least
the hundreds of thousands of dollars, if not over a million for a really
intense storm...so in practical use, it would only be utilized for really
large, potentially killer stormsthe impact of the granules on the
ocean would be minimal...


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[CTRL] Powder Dries Up Fla. Thunderstorms

2001-07-19 Thread Edward Britton 

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Source:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/aponline/20010719/aponline205951_000.htm


Powder Dries Up Fla. Thunderstorms
By Amanda Riddle
Associated Press Writer
Thursday, July 19, 2001; 8:59 p.m. EDT

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. –– A powder touted as a potential way to weaken
hurricanes sucked the moisture out of a thunderstorm Thursday in its latest
test.

An airplane dropped $40,000 worth of the Dyn-O-Gel granules into a cloud 10
miles offshore. A television station's weather radar confirmed the cloud
then lost moisture.

The people in the tower visually confirmed that there was a tall buildup
and the next moment it was gone, said Kevin Sullivan, control tower
supervisor at the Palm Beach International Airport.

The granules, made by a company called Dyn-O-Mat, fell into the ocean as a
gel-like substance that dissolves in salt water.

Company chief executive Peter Cordani said he hopes to sell the product to
the federal government after more tests. The product is dropped in a line
from the outer portion of the hurricane to its eye. The company contends
that by dropping moisture out of the swirling mass, the storm is weakened.

The company said a granule absorbs 2,000 times its weight in water.

Hugh Willoughby, hurricane research director at the U.S. National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration in Miami, was skeptical that the powder
could reduce a hurricane's strength by more than a few mph in wind speed.

It might be that this stuff would be great for making it rain, he said
Wednesday.

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