hurricane
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Nuking A Hurricane Would Be A Really, Really Bad Idea
Did we learn nothing from Independence Day? Nuking things for nuking’s sake just doesn’t work like we think it might. Take a hurricane, for example. It’d be relatively immune to whatever ordinance Donald Trump ” sorry, humanity ” might throw at it.
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Satellite Images Show The Evolution Of Monstrous Hurricane Matthew
Hurricane Matthew’s deadly rampage across the Caribbean and up Florida’s coast has kept satellite operators completely engrossed over the past week, as they rush to process more and more jaw-dropping images of our waking meteorological nightmare.
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What The Largest Evacuation In Florida’s History Looks Like
More than two million people in coastal Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina are being told to flee their homes in advance of Hurricane Matthew, the Category 4 monster now bearing down on the United States after wreaking havoc across the Caribbean. It’s easily the largest mass evacuation on US soil since Hurricane Sandy, and it’s…
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A Rare View Of The Earth With Calm Skies
Because we’re all usually so wrapped up with the weather in our immediate vicinity, it’s easy to forget that, somewhere on the planet, there’s usually a cyclone, depression or tropical storm brewing. Not so this week though — and this image from NASA shows the Earth’s skies in rare, relative peace.