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fredr123 · 08-26-2008, 11:35 AM

http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog...ega-katri.html

I like how this "article" starts. ZOMG we're all going to die from a hypercane that will tear the USA in half!!!11oneeleventy

MIT's Kerry Emanuel describes the worst nightmare hurricane that could ever happen -a "hypercane" with winds raging around its center at 500 miles an hour. Water vapor; sea spray and storm debris are spewed into the atmosphere, punching a hole in the stratosphere 20 miles above the Earth's surface; at landfall, its super-gale-force winds would flatten forests and toss boulders with a 60-foot tsunami-like storm surge flooding nearby shores. The water vapor and debris could remain suspended high in the atmosphere for years, disrupting the climate and the ozone layer.

But then a couple paragraphs later they mention that for this to happen, even in computer simulations, it would require an asteroid crashing into the ocean and raising water temperatures beyond 100 degrees F. Of course, that doesn't stop them from talking about a worse case scenario right around hurricane season and with a couple potential hurricanes that could potentially join together.

08-26-2008, 11:35 AM	#4
fredr123 Franchise Player Join Date: Apr 2004 Exp:	http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog...ega-katri.html I like how this "article" starts. ZOMG we're all going to die from a hypercane that will tear the USA in half!!!11oneeleventy MIT's Kerry Emanuel describes the worst nightmare hurricane that could ever happen -a "hypercane" with winds raging around its center at 500 miles an hour. Water vapor; sea spray and storm debris are spewed into the atmosphere, punching a hole in the stratosphere 20 miles above the Earth's surface; at landfall, its super-gale-force winds would flatten forests and toss boulders with a 60-foot tsunami-like storm surge flooding nearby shores. The water vapor and debris could remain suspended high in the atmosphere for years, disrupting the climate and the ozone layer. But then a couple paragraphs later they mention that for this to happen, even in computer simulations, it would require an asteroid crashing into the ocean and raising water temperatures beyond 100 degrees F. Of course, that doesn't stop them from talking about a worse case scenario right around hurricane season and with a couple potential hurricanes that could potentially join together.