Could we protect cities from tornadoes by blowing up the tornadoes with nuclear weapons?

9 comments

1. 

   JC on October 15, 2011 at 7:02 pm

   There’s not going to be much to protect after your nuclear weapon blows everything to high heaven.

2. 

   Will Horton on October 15, 2011 at 7:02 pm

   I’m gunna answer your question with my own, can I get some of the shit your smoking?

3. 

   TheGoat on October 15, 2011 at 7:02 pm

   What are you high!?

4. 

   Leon on October 15, 2011 at 7:02 pm

   I had the same thought about hurricanes. I suppose a nuke would disrupt a tornado but since it would detonate near the ground, it will generate a lot of radioactive fallout.

5. 

   dydx on October 15, 2011 at 7:02 pm

   No; you would end up destroying the tornado but you would also end up destroying the town/city, so it isn’t ‘protected’ by a tactical/strategic nuke of any kind.

6. 

   Laura Guerrero on October 15, 2011 at 7:02 pm

   We don’t need nuclear weapons, we need Chuck Norris.

7. 

   sthrnlight on October 15, 2011 at 7:02 pm

   A nuclear explosion would be most unwise. The radioactive fallout would persist and spread over a wider area than the original damage of a tornado.
   Years ago, experiments were done on extinguishing a tornado with dynamite. The results showed that placement was the critical difficulty, yet the mechanism worked.

8. 

   Bobisha Johnson on October 15, 2011 at 7:02 pm

   Could we protect the rest of the earthbound population by bombing you with nuclear weapons?

   ….simply population control, and on the scale, your not lookin too important.

9. 

   Zach on October 15, 2011 at 7:02 pm

   Hahaha questions like this make my day.

   Cheers.