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We're StormTamers.US. Our goal is to significantly reduce or eliminate death and destruction from tornados and other severe storms wherever they occur; over land or the ocean.
We have developed plans to disrupt severe storm formation an hour or two before the storm becomes fully formed and unstoppable. Researching and chasing storms to help increase forecast accuracy and warning time IS NOT our goal! We believe we can interfere with severe storm formation so that any severe storm will not form! Thereby preventing unnecessary death and widespread destruction.
All storms are created by airflows that contribute to its growth and also maintain its strength. Depending upon the storm, the storm could last just minutes or many hours, days and even weeks.
We intend on artificially interfering with this airflow before the storm becomes deadly and destructive. As the airflow supporting each storm type differs, the application of our plan will necessarily adapt for the current storm and terrain to most effectively kill the storm's "engine".
"No idea is so outlandish that it should not be considered." -- Winston Churchill
The terrain greatly influences the airflow on land based storms. The mostly flat terrain in the Central US, known as Tornado Alley, provides the best conditions for storm formation and growth. Hilly and mountainous areas, on the other hand, rarely have tornadoes.
How will we accomplish that? Our plan is to use airplanes to provide airflow interference or disruption. Airplanes in flight generate airflow vortices off the wing tips and behind the plane due to the engine "wash". This will provide the needed disruption.
Will that provide enough disruption? Well, FAA regulations require time delays between departing aircraft to provide enough separation for the vortex generated by the previously departing aircraft to dissipate enough to ensure there will be calm air for the next departing aircraft. As the aircraft increase in size, the larger and longer lasting the vortex becomes. Small airplanes are severely impacted by vortices but even larger aircraft are effected. Here's a link (1st minute only) to a video showing an Airbus A380, one of the largest aircraft in existence, taking off after a leading A380 has just taken off. This large aircraft gets tossed around like a leaf in a storm!
"I'm looking for a lot of people who have an infinite capacity to not know what can't be done." -- Henry Ford
Obviously we won't use A380s to provide storm busting vortices. So how will we? By using multiple aircraft flying together to provide the desired disruption to the incoming airflows powering storms. Multiple aircraft flying at different altitudes, speeds and orientation relative to the storm will provide sufficient disruption for each storm type.
The 'butterfly effect will be quite effective here. The 'butterfly effect' states that small initial changes could produce widely varying end results.
Thus, our idea does not require any breakthrough technologies before implementing. We will apply procedures before storms becomes unmanageable, in a unique manner depending upon the storm type, to reduce the storm's damages or even eliminate the storm altogether.
Initially we'll use multiple, piloted airplanes working as a team to provide the desired disruption to the incoming airflows. As our coverage area expands it will be more economical and timely to have unpiloted airplane swarms operating out of multiple airfields. The technology currently exists to perform these tasks.
"All it takes is one idea to solve an impossible problem." -- Robert H. Schuller
Airplane Specifications:
- Propeller driven
- Engine: Gas or Electric powered
- Retractable landing gear
- 250 to 300 Miles Per Hour
- Able to withstand +3.8 G, -1.5 G forces
- Range greater than 1,500 miles
- Single seater, pilot operated (initially)
- On-board dual-polarization weather radar
- Aircraft Recover parachute
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"Innovation is the ability to see change as an opportunity - not a threat." -- Steve Jobs
Inspiration
Growing up in Ohio, I observed many dust devils form over freshly plowed and disked fields on sunny days. Dust devils are dust filled vortices created by strong surface heating. These vortices are less intense and smaller than tornados. They range in size from less than six feet tall to as large as barns and trees. Some lasted only seconds while others lasted over five minutes. As they moved over the fields these vortices would eventually lose their heat source and/or accompanying air flows and gradually fall apart. Occasionally though, they would instantly fall apart when they ran into a large tree or building.
I wondered if we could somehow "cause" the vortices' demise in a similar manner.
"Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new." -- Albert Einstein
Background / Vision
All storm types: normal and heavy rain, high winds, hail, lightning and tornados are predominately caused by the collision of two weather fronts; one warm, the other cold. The temperature differences and velocity of the fronts are major factors on the type of storm produced and its severity.
If we could exert some influence over those factors we could diminish storms enough to make a difference in their existence.
Large whirlwinds spin up at the beach and run into a multi-story hotel building. Poof! No more whirlwind.
As whirlwinds become larger it becomes very difficult to put a multi-story building right in front of it!!! To accomplish that effect we need a different approach.
Since we can't put a building exactly in the dust devil's path, what can we do instead?
How about actively disrupting a storm's incoming air flows that build and maintain a storm?
How can we do that?
With airplanes! How?
It may require several different strategies. Flying close to the potential storm base could 'mix up' the incoming air flows to cut off or disrupt the 'engine' that creates and builds storm vortexes. Flying through at different altitudes, speeds and angles can cause enough disruption to kill the 'engine'. Depending upon the potential storm size multiple aircraft of different speeds and sizes can be sent out to intercept the storm.
Got a bigger storm? Use a bigger airplane...or more of them!!!
"Impossible only means that you haven’t found the solution yet." -- Anonymous
The Plan
We will bring together appropriate airplanes for the intended purpose/mission. Prepare those airplanes for the rugged flying conditions we expect to encounter in each storm type.
We'll start our testing on waterspouts for several reasons. They occur frequently off the west coast of Florida. The variance in terrain will be minimal and the storm's debris field will contain limited hazards for the planes.
We'll select a general geographical area for testing as well as secure airport locations close to or within the chosen geographical testing area to minimize flight times.
Assemble and train maintenance teams as well as flight crews. Discuss various flight paths for each storm type and geographical location taking into account the time of day, altitude and expected storm intensity.
"Don't worry about failures, worry about the chances you miss when you don't even try." -- Jack Canfield, Author, Chicken Soup for the Soul books
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