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Originally posted by BitRaiser
Hurricans have to happen as part of the earth's natural heat distribution system. Without them, the weather shifts would be catastrophic.
Hurricanes do serve a useful function in our planet's meteorological machine, and that is to transfer heat energy from tropical regions northward into cooler areas.
There are reasons to suspect that carbon dioxide-induced global warming should mitigate the frequency and severity of hurricanes. Hurricanes are heat engines; they transfer heat from the surface to the upper atmosphere and from the tropics to the poles.
Q: Are there any benefits to having a hurricane?
A: Believe it or not, yes. Hurricanes are play a very important role in preserving the heat balance that the earth maintains by transferring heat from the tropics to the poles. They also can be very helpful to areas affected by drought with their torrential rains.
Originally posted by jrod
Did they seed Rita?
It did loose a bit of power before making landfall and there was not a tight core eye wall at landfall. All the powerful hurricanes have weakened a bit for us the past two seasons, so in a sense we have been lucky and if Dyn-O-gel was used it would be a tough argument against rigid scientists on whether it helped weakened the storm.
Originally posted by BitRaiser
Unlikely.
Hurricans normally lose power as the aprouch landmasses. The change in air conditions over land as opposed to over water tend to take some of the "umph" out of them. Rita also wandered off the path that could have sustained it longer, thankfully.
Once again, there's no need to go looking for human interfearance. If you observe historical evidance, it will tell you that this is simply "normal".