In lieu of the fact that I still haven't posted my review of Owning the Weather, I offer instead the Science Channel presentation Superstorm as "a team of scientists attempt the impossible, to control the weather." From 10-12 eastern. Spoiler alert: they all die, one zapped by a lightning bolt hurled by Jehovah himself! Nature wins.
http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/superstorm/superstorm.html http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/superstorm/about/about.html http://science.discovery.com/tv-schedules/special.html?paid=48.15728.30513.34819.0 "In this exciting, factually-based thriller, a team of scientists attempt to do the seemingly impossible - control the weather." The dates below were original play dates from 2007. Superstorm Sun, Aug. 5, at 9 p.m. ET/PT Can scientists alter the weather? Should scientists alter the weather? What are the implications for humans? When it comes to the often deadly, always destructive force of hurricanes, those are important questions to answer. The factually based drama [hahahaha] Superstorm immerses viewers in a fictional account of a modern-day weather experiment. A team of top scientists attempts to divert a large hurricane threatening Miami using a man-made weather system. However, the system needed to create such a diversion will cause devastating flooding in other areas of the United States. At the final hour the scientists forgo their plan. But the U.S. government seizes control in an attempt to divert the hurricane from Miami. The category 5 storm merges with another weather system and heads on an unforeseen path toward New York City. Now, the team must conduct a further experiment to help save lives by diverting the system from a direct hit on America’s most populous city. Sun, Aug. 5, at 8 p.m. ET/PT In Can We Control the Weather, explorer Josh Bernstein investigates whether scientists will ever be able to tame one of Nature's most destructive forces: hurricanes. In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, some scientists believe that global warming will make superstorms more frequent — and even more deadly. As leading climatologist Greg Holland says, "Where a hurricane might have been a category 5 in the current climate we might have to invent a category 6." Bernstein investigates the cutting-edge science that could one day be used to weaken or divert hurricanes, and uncovers the fascinating — and sometimes sinister — history of weather manipulation. He also explores the massive political and moral dilemmas that playing God with the weather would bring. Along the way he does some seriously hands-on research: firing storm debris at skyscraper glass, making it rain in Texas, and even putting himself in the firing line of hurricane force winds. [How brave.] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
