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2024-09-30 14:09:43 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

Although micro hurricanes have been created in a laboratory environment, hurricanes of this magnitude are impossible to create with current technology, and even attempts to weaken hurricanes have proven futile. https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/sep/29/instagram-posts/no-all-weather-not-artificially-controlled/ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-have-figured-out-how-to-create-a-category-5-hurricane-inside-a-lab https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Stormfury https://phys.org/news/2022-09-artificial-ocean-cooling-weaken-hurricanes.html https://vlab.noaa.gov/web/nws-heritage/-/almost-science-fiction-hurricane-modification-and-project-stormfury

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• Although micro hurricanes have been created in a laboratory environment, hurricanes of this magnitude are impossible to create with current technology, and even attempts to weaken hurricanes have proven futile. https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/sep/29/instagram-posts/no-all-weather-not-artificially-controlled/ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-have-figured-out-how-to-create-a-category-5-hurricane-inside-a-lab https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Stormfury https://phys.org/news/2022-09-artificial-ocean-cooling-weaken-hurricanes.html https://vlab.noaa.gov/web/nws-heritage/-/almost-science-fiction-hurricane-modification-and-project-stormfury