Message:002 by General Eerie

Don't judge a book by its cover..

The above adage is very much in tandem with everyday's phenomenons.One such phenomenon is the "mighty" and "annihilative"  HURRICANE.Hurricane, which superficially appears to blight the lives of millions in a few seconds,has a potential of generating vast amounts of energy.This is General Eerie with his WEIRD FACT :DAY 2 for his fellow earthians.

In recent years,Hurricanes like Katrina,Irene and Rita have denigrated trillion dollars worth assets.Apart from the financial handicap caused,these hurricanes have killed thousands of people as well.But the story doesn't end here.There are always two sides of a coin.

LISTEN HERE:In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all of the world's nuclear weapons combined.Here comes the FAQ's.Is it feasible to harness this kind of energy?Will this solve the World Energy Crisis?Have scientists devised any method to capture this zillion dollar worth energy?Is Hurricane a "bane" or a "boon"?

 How much energy does a hurricane release?

Hurricanes obtain its heat input from the warm, humid air over the tropical ocean, and release this heat through the condensation of water vapor into water droplets in deep thunderstorms of the eyewall and rainbands,then giving off a cold exhaust in the upper levels of the troposphere.

Total energy released through cloud/rain formation:

5.2 x 10¹⁹ Joules/day or  6.0 x 10¹⁴ Watts. This is equivalent to 200 times the world-wide electrical generating capacity - an incredible amount of energy produced!

Total kinetic energy (wind energy) generated:

1.3 x 10¹⁷ Joules/day or  1.5 x 10¹²Watts. This is equivalent to about half the world-wide electrical generating capacity - also an amazing amount of energy being produced!

Can we harness energy from hurricanes?

So far, experts haven't collected energy from these storms, but the idea has potential if we somehow develop cost-effective technology to do it.Hurricanes produce massive amounts of energy.But not all energy is dissipated equally.Hurricanes are notoriously messy, with most energy dedicated to simply keeping the storm going. In addition, hurricanes play out the majority of their short life cycle at sea.The storms can come and go in as little as two days and when they hit land, they lose much of their momentum and energy.The unpredictability of tornadoes and hurricanes keeps us from devising ways to harvest energy from them.

At this time, it's unfeasible to gather energy from naturally occurring tornadoes and hurricanes. But what about smaller, artificial ones?whats say??