Not saying this would be realistic, but it's hard to believe a tsar Bomba sized detonation in the eye of a hurricane wouldn't do something to destabilize the storm.

That said it boggles the mind to consider the system energy of a large storm.

[–] CarbonatedPastaSauce 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Wouldn’t do shit.

https://www.sciencealert.com/here-s-what-would-happened-if-you-nuked-a-hurricane-like-trump-reportedly-suggested

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They say tsar at 50. I want that bad boy at the original planned 100.

[–] CarbonatedPastaSauce 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"A fully developed hurricane releases the same amount of energy as the explosion of a 10-megaton nuke every 20 minutes"

So Tsar at planned 100 is equivalent to 3 hours 20 minutes worth of hurricane energy.

Wouldn't do shit.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Edit also I'm just fucking around. I said in the first comment that a the system energy is boggling.

As more foolery, I don't think we really know the atmospheric stability impact of a 100MT detonation. I armchair believe it isn't just a linear power output issue.