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It Could be Possible to Stop Hurricanes with Supersonic Jets
5:20AM Adam Frucci | Hurricanes, as we’ve seen, can wreak serious havoc when they strike populated areas. We’ve never had control over them before, but one researcher thinks they could be broken up with F-4 fighter jets. More »
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Save Your Automobile in a Hurricane Using Sophisticated Gadgetry
4:15AM Sean Fallon | The Hurricane Rope Tether—because you can never be too prepared when it comes to protecting your beater car from being washed away in a storm. This fancy DIY project is brought to you via a KTRK TV viewer in Houston during their recent brush with Hurricane Ike. File this one under smart tips for suburban disaster survival. [KTRK via Digg via Gearfuse] More »
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Tech-laden Storm Chasers Fly Headlong Into Hurricane Ike with a Smurf on Their Wing
11:10PM Jack Loftus | First off, I hope everyone who stayed behind in the path of Hurricane Ike is OK this morning. Second, we know what we knew about Ike due in part to the guys, gals and tech shown in these storm chaser photographs. The photo above shows a “Smurf,” or the Stepped-Frequency Microwave Radiometer, which has adorned the wings of hurricane hunting WC-130J aircraft since 2007. The device, and the 24/7 missions run by the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, have helped increase the National Hurricane Center’s accuracy rate by 30%. More »
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