Not all these hurricanes are expected to touch land - only a few, and those may be in underdeveloped areas where loss of homes and lives would not be an issue.
If there was one threatening people, I suppose then it would come down to the very difficult decision of whether the physical and environmental repercussions of averting the storm would be less or more destructive than the hurricane itself - in effect, trying to predict what sort of unpredictable effects interfering with such a grand work of nature may have.
This, of course, is assuming I could do such a thing... an assumption I am not completely convinced is true, having never had the opportunity to test myself against a hurricane in any aspect. While I believe I may have the capability, it is always troublesome to go into a situation with such a great unknown hovering over one's head, especially with lives at stake. There is really no way of testing such a thing, however, even with all our technology and equipment. I would essentially be facing one blind, and I cannot say if I would feel comfortable doing that or not.
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Date: 2007-05-22 08:29 pm (UTC)If there was one threatening people, I suppose then it would come down to the very difficult decision of whether the physical and environmental repercussions of averting the storm would be less or more destructive than the hurricane itself - in effect, trying to predict what sort of unpredictable effects interfering with such a grand work of nature may have.
This, of course, is assuming I could do such a thing... an assumption I am not completely convinced is true, having never had the opportunity to test myself against a hurricane in any aspect. While I believe I may have the capability, it is always troublesome to go into a situation with such a great unknown hovering over one's head, especially with lives at stake. There is really no way of testing such a thing, however, even with all our technology and equipment. I would essentially be facing one blind, and I cannot say if I would feel comfortable doing that or not.
Or the short answer: Maybe?