On Monday, November 2, 2020 at 9:21:43 AM UTC-6 [email protected] wrote: > I learned something new today, there is a connection between Donald Trump > and the grade D Sharknado movies, two in fact. In 2015 the producers of > Sharknado 3 wanted Sarah Palin to play the part of president but she said > no so they went with their second choice Donald Trump. Trump said yes he > would do it so a contract was drawn up and sent to him, but he kept > delaying signing it, when asked why Trump's personal attorney Michael Cohen > (the lawyer that ended up in prison) said "*Donald's thinking about > making a legitimate run for the presidency, so this might not be the best > time, we'll get back to you*". The producers got tired of waiting so they > gave the part to another actor. Almost as soon as it was announced > Trump's lawyer called the producers and said "*How dare you? Donald > wanted to do this. We're going to sue you! We're going to shut the entire > show down!*" > > That's not Trump's only connection with Sharknado. During a presidential > briefing on a hurricane that was threatening the US Trump said "*They > start forming off the coast of Africa, as they're moving across the > Atlantic, we drop a atom bomb inside the eye of the hurricane and it > disrupts it. Why can't we do that?*" The stunned meteorologist could just > say "*we will look into that sir*". And a bomb going off in a hurricane > is the plot of several Sharknado movies. > > Trump suggested nuking hurricanes to stop them from hitting U.S. > <https://www.axios.com/trump-nuclear-bombs-hurricanes-97231f38-2394-4120-a3fa-8c9cf0e3f51c.html> > > John K Clark >
Why is it that people think a nuclear bomb would do this? It also might stem from the idea of using nuclear bombs to destroy killer asteroids. That is also stupid. A 100 ton mass could be tugged by an ion propulsion unit so the gravitational attraction to the asteroid and the mass is equal to the thrust. It would work; I wrote a paper on this. For a nuclear detonation to have any influence on a hurricane it would have to be a Tsar-Bomba 70-megaton device. That might have an effect, but it could well turn out this just pumps more energy into the hurricane and boosts its power. That is just as reasonable a possibility as thinking you can destroy a hurricane. I never saw the Sharknado films. They struck me as silly and Brent's comment on grade D is on the mark. I sort of wish t'Rump had done it, then in 2016 we might have had some pause about making him the actual president. LC -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/393a2c0c-deb7-42d5-a384-24eb967987afn%40googlegroups.com.
