Should We Nuke Hurricanes? | Because Science Live! 

We should call this series. "Should we nuke it?"

Nuclear hurricanes a fallout game concept for Florida.

Kyle is no Super Villain. He is only running a Science Consulting Service for Super Villains :)

Kyle: I'm t0TaLLy NoT a sUperVillAiN!" Let's analyze this statement: - Lives in a secluded, perpetually dark and gloomy lair (of sorts) - Has multiple minions who do his bidding like reading things back to him - Wants nobody to desire super powers and if you already have powers knows how to defeat you with science - His Nate clone has the correct cadence but wrong tone and inflection indicating it's not fully formed but he needed a minion in a hurry You know you're only a monologue away from being Syndrome from the incredibles Kyle we're not fooled

1. Plans on defeating superheroes 2. Plans on terraforming planets 3. Plans nuking storms Don't know what your evil plans are but don't think everyone survives

Nuke hurricanes? That's the dumbest thing I ever heard--I have to watch this.

"In the next episode of "Should we nuke it?": In the movie "The Core", we nuke the core to restart it and help earth produce a magnetic field. Would this work in real life? Let's get technical."

Let’s appreciate how good he is at not just drawing left handed but also drawing in revers

Humans:Throws nuke at hurricane Hurricane:Throws nuke back Humans:Shocked pikachu

If kyle stands near the hurricane will it be distracted by his luscious hair that it will eventually lose all its energy?

Hurricane: This ain't a scene. USA: it's a god damn arms race

I had a similar "coming to science" moment, but with Areogel. It boggled my mind (and still does) as to how something could be made that's mostly, literally, nothing.

"Earth is just a rock with some bio-film on it." LOL! That might be the funniest thing I've seen on this channel. Thank you for the laugh!

16:08 - The procedure with the screwdriver was called "Tickling the tigers tail" because the margin between nothing happening and death was so slim, it was like the difference between a sleeping tiger, and waking it up.

Kyle, when you were talking about mercury and how unexpected it was, I was reminded of the one time I got to touch a fabric made of asbestos (in class, in high school). I thought it would be rough and hard as asbestos is a mineral, but it was so soft and sleek... I was fascinated. (I think I need to say we took precautions as not to get harmed by it)

"A chicken you've slapped so hard it became cooked" sweet callback and also Kyle is the most quotable man I've ever seen in real life

Kyle, (Captain Mercury) when are you getting T-Shirts with - I’m Not a Super Villain printed .

Nobody: America: NUKE THE STRONG WIND

Hey Kyle I love your videos man, glad to see some great science exploration conversations for people who don’t necessarily know a lot or didn’t learn a lot. I just want to address one thing, because now I cannot unsee it, you bob up and down a lot when you do your videos. Keep it up!

An entire video discussing doomsday events, yet I can't stop watching! Could we use a man-made Kugelblitz to move a blackhole? It'd be more of a forced drifting, but I suspect it'd be more reasonable than just nuking a blackhole lol. For a much more lighthearted question; say you have a perfectly friction-less floor, if you fell onto it, would you be able to tell?

Starts at 3:55. If not edited down yet.

17:44 "humans are not made out of munition-grade material" :D

Ah, good show, as always. I'm morbidly pleased that you have some familiarity with the criticality accident that caused the death of physicist Louis Slotin in 1946. He was working with a sphere of plutonium that would soon be called "the demon core", and manually adjusting the upper half of two beryllium reflectors with his thumb and a screwdriver, when the screwdriver slipped, and the reflector made contact, causing the core to go prompt-critical for the half-second it took Slotin to react and flip the top hemisphere of the reflector away. That half-second produced enough hard-radiation to lethally irradiate Slotin, but his swift reaction probably saved everyone else in the room from his mistake. He died while in a coma 9 days later, after several days of increasing agony before he went comatose. The first time I ever read about this, it made me weep. Slotin was being foolish, but nobody should die like that.

What causes a hurricane and how do they maintain themselves and lastly, i am super super grateful your guys show has come this far. This is what i enjoy more than anything.

25:08 anything you throw into space that does not have a chemical or gravitational reason to keep itself together, would evaporate into a gas, because there is no atmospheric pressure that keeps it together. Metals keep themselves together (they even weld without heat in space), due to their chemical properties, but for example an organic life form like a human or a grilled chicken are only bundled up molecules, held together by atmospheric pressure, so they'd slowly dissipate like a dumpling in hot water.

Even if it did work, fallout aside, the EMP released from that altitude would probably do more damage to the infrastructure than the hurricane itself

Another wonderful episode! Sorry to hear you're sick, Nate. I hope you feel better soon.

"Matter needs Time to receive the information that it's moving." that's poetry

Hey Kyle, if one would like to build a city in the middle of the ocean, that they might or might not rule, for no nefarious intent whatsoever. Where would they build it? I checked the depths oil rigs reach and then started looking at average ocean depths as I realised I was going out of my league, there were going to be forces and considerations in play that I would have no idea of. Hope this catches some eyeballs.

16:45 how hard would you have to throw this person to paint a room with him

At 17:00, the "throwing a human at the Earth..." question had to be the absolute best question, ever! Good stuff!

On the topic of nerve reattachment: About 4+ years ago I read that they were doing a kinda "nerve bypass" using fibre optics to give paralyzed people back use of their legs. At the time I read that they had two patients and both were showing incredible success. Though that's not exactly what the question was about it's along the same lines.

Govnt: Nuke the hurricane! Commmander: But sir... Govnt: Just do it! (Detonation complete) Weather Guy: Uh guys... the storm grew twice the size.

Me: (reads title) Also me: yes Also I have a video suggestion... would you like to hear it My suggestion is, is it possible to wing walk on a Boeing 747. Ideal flight conditions. How does wing walking work. What's the limit

I actually had some nerve damage in my youth where the nerves that served the right side of my lower lip got cut during surgery. I was lucky and had the nerve regrow over the period of six months, after which I had a period in which signals from that part felt stronger than in the rest of the body. It did get normalised after a while.

Brilliant Episode!! I really want to think of a good question to ask but so many have already been covered 🤔

I also like Mercury. He wrote awesome songs

Nuke a Hurricane.. besides a catastrophe of spreading radiation and fallout like never before, probably. Wouldnt that feed an already powerful weather system.

Going back to the queation on a Vaccume Fridge, it might be possable to build something like that. If we had a refrigeration unit here on earth, for either commercial or industrial use, then you could still cool down the foodstuffs by having them in contact with a shelf in the unit that is cooled by the unit, transferring the heat out of the item while the lack of atmosphere could deny any microbe air.

Speaking of mercury, my dad told me, when he was in high school(early '60's), the teacher would actually pour mercury out in students hands so they could watch it move around!

“In the eye of a hurricane, there is quiet, for just a moment. A yellow sky.”

Hope no super villain's are watching this... if one drops a nuke into a hurricane.. THANKS KYLE!

Hello Kyle, I love the sound you make for a dissipating hurricane!

Some Critique about your nuking a hurricane portion: 1) Would have found it more interesting on the average cost of hurricane impact versus the cost of nukes so it can truly be stated whether or not it is a viable option from a cost perspective. 2) Dropping a bomb in the eye of a hurricane would not be the optimal location to disrupt the storm, near the eyewall but still far enough away that the blast would not enter the eye, would likely be the most effective location. 3) What would be the impact of the largest nuclear bomb (Tsar bomb) have on it? 4) What are some non-nuclear options to disrupt (not necessarily disapate) a hurricane to maybe tropical storm levels? Some I have heard of is dropping dry ice into the storm or using sonic booms to lower the intensity of the storm. 5) Would have been interesting to find out if the sudden addition of energy to a hurricane could actually make it stronger. Obviously the fallout of a nuclear bomb is of concern but there are some designs that minimize the amount to being barely detectable. That being said, throwing the most powerful military weapons around without really thinking of the impact or consequences is a bad idea. Increasing the nuclear material into food ecosystem is a truly risky proposition. Non-nuclear I would be curious to see what happens to a storm, if it could be disrupted or even course changed.

"this is the worst idea, in the long sad history of bad ideas."

9:00 While it won't be hover cars, this is (kind of) depicted in I, Robot

Hey kyle love the vids. I love volcanology would love to see a video covering something on the subject. If i think of something ill put it in comments. Also very cool that we have the same favorite element on the periodic table.

Laughed so much wit this questions and his reactions XD Kyle's Villanous reputations won't leave him alone XD

Fallout across the country? Kyle you’re a supervillain, no doubt. And don’t even try to send an orbital strike, I have a water bucket! I know from Minecraft that water disables TNT.

If a Hurricane crosses the equator it will start spinning the other way? or will it cancel itself ??due to Coriolis effect?

About harnessing the power of hurricanes with off shore windmills. I can't remember the reference, but I saw an article about a study finding out that in odrer to power all of western Europe with offshore wind power, you would need to cover something like 3 million square kilometers with windmills. The immediate effect would be to pump energy out of the ocean and onto shore. That would reduce average temperature in the region by about 10 cegrees Celcius. And we know that hurricanes are powered by warm water. If you pumped heat out of the ocean, you'd prevent the very formation of hurricanes. So you would essentially steal away hurricanes' power source. Killing two birds with one stone.

21:33 YES. This is something that I knew growing up but when I reached college, you are right, you learn that success only comes from being right. You are disincentivized to ever be wrong. But, once I left college and joined the workforce, it was shown to me once again through some incredibly understanding and intelligent coworkers. You only ever have more to learn in life and along the way, you will be wrong. But being wrong does not slow you down at all. In fact, being wrong early can pay big dividends in the end. For example, I learned quickly the simple processes that could essentially delete all of our company data. I learned because I asked if what I was going to do was correct. Obviously, it was not but had I not asked I would have ruined the company and lost my job. Moral of the story, don't be afraid to be wrong.

Wow you replaced voice in the void because he knew too much? Also you are just plotting your attack with the fallout hurricane.

I saw the title screen and... Well my thoughts are. "WHY?!"

I love your show. I usually watch your videos on one screen while playing Eve online or Starcraft II on my other screen. Now, my question. Nuking a Hurricane has been covered, but, what would happen if we Nuked a Tornado? I know, bad idea, lots of fallout and direct damage, but, just wondering, what would happen to the Tornado?

so quick question that might be dumb. if the bomb were to go off say 2/3rd s of the way down wouldn't the water be forced outward dispersing the connection virtually pulling the water part of the hurricane down? if so would it just restart? or would the force of the weight make it lose a lot of its power so it couldn't restart? obviously in this scenario not worrying about fallout of any kind.

A better question would be if nukes could disrupt tropical storms before they upgrade to cyclones. Or otherwise influence the weather events leading to the formation of cyclones.

hey Kyle, in the show 'The Boys', a speedster ran into a character and they completely exploded! do you think that would realistically happen?

When it comes to black holes, I heard a figure of about the mass of Mount Everest as far as the minimum mass of a black hole which could draw in material faster than the black hole would evaporate. Basically the black hole needs a mouth big enough to gulp down mass faster than it would be losing mass.

Would it be necessary to match total strength of whole storm or could it be done with just enough to dissipate it what about nonnuke options?

So Gears of War 5 just released and I was wondering how strong the soldiers really are to be able to crush skull and burst enemies into parts as often as they do. I mean the game takes being pistol to a whole new level. Love the show Kyle

You said the most powerful nuke in the US arsenal. What about the most powerful nuke of all time the tsar bomba, made by the Russians.

Could you do a quick explanation of the limits of the leaning tower of lyre? Or I guess a better way to ask it would be my assumed limits of the leaning tower of lyre. Since the overhang of each block is a fraction and decends in a pattern of 1/2, 1/4, 1/6, 1/8... Wouldn't the fractions eventually reach the Planck length and you couldn't continue stacking the blocks?

Wrt question at 22:43 ish.. Controlled atmosphere (vacuum) fridges do exist and are used to preserve food for substantially long periods of time.

They need to make an ARG around Kyle’s villainy

Cliffs: Nuking hurricanes would accomplish nothing, because a hurricane already releases the same energy as a moderate-sized nuke every second or so. A nuke would feel like a hiccup from a hurricane's perspective.

hey kyle the talking about a moon or mars base made me think of the problems with getting supplies to the moon and the difficulties thats come with a moon elevator mainly you would need a cable as think as earth to support itself. would it be feasible to take supplies and put them in orbit around earth and grab them with a hook like contraption from the moon?

Building on the space food idea. Let's say we stored pizza's in space. Flash frozen in a metal or radiation blocking container. Could we then throw/luanch it at a location on earth and have it cooked by the fall through the atmosphere. I cant help but imagine daffy duck looking through his fingers like he is aiming. Then a looney tunes baseball windup.and whip it at the front door of someone's home.

It's a hurricane, we handle it by not handling it.

Nuking a hurricane is, bar none, the worst idea I've heard come out of the mouth of an adult.

Could you alter one with sound pressure waves?

I swear Kyle makes another video about nuking something absurd, I might just cry

Thanks Kyle. You know it is very super villainy to describe all life on earth as "a biofilm".

Hi Kyle, Would painting the roofs of all houses in the world have a noticable effect on climate change? What would the effect of white roofs be on things like airplanes etc... ?

Kyle can you please find the success scenario for nuking a hurricane? like how small would the probably just tropical depression have to be for it to work?

In regards to what factors dictate where and how a hurricane moves you are right the coriolis effect dictates the direction of spin and influences how it moves. The bigger factors are the jet streams. They are large and powerful streams of air that circulate around the earth in different directions depending on latitude. Hurricanes originate in the tropics and move east to west. As the storms move north towards a higher latitude the jet stream reverses direction near the Florida panhandle and storms move west to east.

"I miss mr. D." That what she said.

As soon as trump talked about it I knew we would have an episode about it.

That black hole question leads to one that I've been wondering about for a while: If there was a black hole with an event horizon which is say, I don't know, 1 - 2 cm in diameter, just floating there in front of you (it probably wouldn't be floating, more likely boring its way to the centre of the planet but LET'S just imagine it can float! And let's also imagine you're able to stand near it, considering its mass would have to be pretty insane to be that size... it'd be about as heavy as Earth, but again... we're imagining!)... what would happen if you were to wave your hand across in front of you so as to pass through the black hole? Presumably you'd end up with a hole in your hand? Maybe the hole would be the size of the singularity, maybe it would be the size of the event horizon, maybe, the most likely case - I think - it would be larger than the size of the event horizon. Or do you think the rest of your body would fall into it? Bear in mind that the event horizon is where things moving at the speed of light radially away from the exact centre would presumably be stationary, so of course being anywhere near the EH would spell bad news. Taking away the imagination now, do you think you'd fall right in? Would the skin on your chest be ripped away first, if that was the closest part of you to the BH? What're your thoughts? I know there's much we don't know about these fascinating monsters but it's fun to imagine!

23:13 a chicken that you slapped until it was cooked LOL that has got to be the most hilarious way to cook food

Doesn't the moon have a stabilizing effect on the Earth? So if you removed the moon our axial tilt/precession would increase giving us more extreme seasons and weather patterns.

Yes, sure and create a ton of radiation everywhere and then cause maybe more damage that is irreplaceable.

"I think you might scared be of 'the grey slime/blur'. A. K. A: nano-machines!"

omg the chicken slap thing 😂 no wonder you remember it so vividly, you had to make an episode about it

Starts at 03:54 if you're here before they trim it

They’ve been making a lot of nuclear videos... are you plotting something?

If the Coriolis effect determines rotation and deflection of a hurricane, could a hurricane form directly over the equator and if it did would it deflect or travel along the equator?

Please tell me why you add a "0" in SciNote (e.g. 200 trill = 20x10^13) instead just 2x10^14???

The Demon Core. Classic story. Rods from God dropped from space as a nasty Sciffy possibility.

You already talked about that accident at Los Alamos when you were discussing the death of Iron Man.

In response to us envisioning new sci fi...I personally have been becoming more and more disillusioned with our technological progress. Especially watching how consuming our recent advances can be, such as social media, smart phones, home control devices and the internet as a whole. Honestly the things that get me most excited are friends of mine who go start a farm, who start bee keeping, who learn to physically craft things. Maybe that's just me, I don't have any problem with tech, I've video gamed since I was 4, my first jobs were in IT. My life is totally dependent on all these advances. But now new advances always seem to make me ask the question "Oh what will this cost of us? Privacy? Time? Health?" I want us to progress as a society and always get better but...I can't think of anything else I want in my life that will make my life any easier without sacrificing something else more vital. Maybe it's having a better grasp on our history through the internet and watching how much of the planet we have destroyed by our specific method of pursuing progress, or I'm just an old boring fart.

Question: How much energy would a category 6 hurricane pack?

*What's Next? Nuking a Black Hole? ;''3* . . . I shouldn't give em ideas.

I love that the last two videos put out could be about 3 seconds long. "NO" - The end

Please excuse my runon grammar but this channel has single handedly kept my love of science alive... (Aside from Bill Nye) If you were to build enough rockets with enough force to make the planet move as if it was a spaceship wouldnt the earths crust just give out and wouldnt the rockets just pierce through the earth because of the Shear Force of the thrust? Explain if im wrong, but if the mantle is liquid and thick and the crust is solid yet thin would the gravity of the earth be enough to hold that amount of pressure, or would the tectonic plates just sink and cause the apocalypse...

Hello, Kyle. Recently I've been stumbling across a meme in which an asteroid 16 Psyche is said to be rich in gold and other whatnot. My question is, however, if space mining would ever happen, how much mass could we add to the Earth before we're in trouble (like gaining momentum and eventually popping out of the Solar system)? Would it change also how tectonic plates would shift if applied too much mass on one of the continents etc? Great channel, btw, best regards!

What if the Yellow Stone Volcano exploded within 2 days from right now??!

Nuking Hurricanes? Who asked that?... Mr. Richfield? Fact that kind of ideas lead dinosaurs to extinction

You should talk about the crisper cells project. Just an idea...

Will it be possible to to dissipate the hurricane by an artificial hurricane with opposite spin? How much energy will require to make anti-hurricane?