Wilma the Capacitor and Particle Accelerator

Sterling D. Allan writes "In a story at the new Open Source Energy Network site, Paul Noel says: "Energetically speaking, the vortex that forms in these storms is also a natural particle accelerator, and a massive capacitor bank. As the harmonic circuit develops, it resonates acoustically and functions as a capacitor, extracting the heat from the storm and transmitting it away. Without this electrical circuit, the storm would fail almost instantly due to the accumulation of heat from condensation of water." He also asserts that understanding these phenomena better could help us harness the power of nature, seen and unseen."

Wow

[TheoGB]

So we could actually find a use for this greenhouse effect we're generating.

Of course, once we use this cheap power we stop making greenhouse gases and our power source dies.

D'oh!

(But no, this is very cool.)

At last

[Moby Cock]

He also asserts that understanding these phenomena better could help us harness the power of nature

At last, a coherent argument for global warming and climate change.

Particle Accelerator

[kevin_conaway]

Well, I guess as long as Wilma doesn't cross the streams with Alpha, we should be OK.

Re:Possible way to kill hurricanes . . .

[Anonymous Coward]

before they do any damage to us: Detonating an EMP bomb inside?

Yeah, let's stop hurricanes with nukes!

More importantly...

[fireboy1919]

This confirms my long held suspicion that those pseudo-scientific explainations of the Oz effect (that hurricanes, cyclones, and other cyclonic weather phenomena can tear holes in our space-time continuum and send us to parallel earths or back in time) are all totally correct.

Its time to harness hurricanes to establish trade relations with dinosaurs, talking animals, and anything else we can get at through the dimensional rifts torn into existance.

I, for one welcome the chance to become a hurricane overlord.

Of course he's right!

[Dekortage]

The thing he's wrong about is the causes of these electrical phenomena. It's definitely Russian-made electromagnetic generators operated by the Yakuza [mosnews.com]. If we really want to harness the power of hurricanes, we simply need to find these generators and either (a) destroy them or (b) sell them to Third World dictators to destroy each other with.

Particle accelerator

[PGC]

Energetically speaking, the vortex that forms in these storms is also a natural particle accelerator ... you can say that again ...

See also

[tenaciousdRules]

Heat. Friction/Wind Resistance. Gravity. Barometric Pressure.....dsa zx xasdsfht Oh, I fell asleep, slammed my head on the keyboard, and awoke to realize this is really boring. Sorry.

To: CmdrTaco: Re: Your recent story submission

[Anonymous Coward]

Wilma the Capacitor and Particle Accelerator ... Rejected

Wilma's in the Spacetime Continuum

[Doc Ruby]

As soon as the cyclonic windspeed hits 88MPH, spacetime is warped back to 1985 [imdb.com]. Turning slightly within the eye as it passes allows jumping to various other babyboomer moments in the 1950s. Surf's up!

Re:What the hell is this? Seriously, what the hell

[shotgunefx]

I get 529 hits on google.

Then I typed in "cheese fetish" and got 936, lol

Re:More importantly...

[Anonymous Coward]

Oz effect. They made a major motion picture about it, I believe it was...wait for it...

It's the final countdown!
*didudiiiduuu dididi da du*

sounds like text from a course

[Shivetya]

taught by the local Life University here in Georgia, oh they teach "Chiropractic science"

http://www.life.edu/Chiropractic_and_Wellness/what _is_chiro.asp [life.edu]

Re:Nutters

[$RANDOMLUSER]

I, for one, welcome our new crystal-meditating, homeopathic, dope-smoking, touchy-feely, psuedo-scientific overlords.

Re:Nutters

[meringuoid]

I, for one, welcome our new crystal-meditating, homeopathic, dope-smoking, touchy-feely, psuedo-scientific overlords.

Hey, me too. New Age girls are easy.

Re:Kill the storm?

[Patrik_AKA_RedX]

It's just going to make the storm more powerful. You've got to find something much more far fetched to deal with a storm. E.g. Scaring hundreds of birds on the beach and have them fly right into the storm. If that doesn't work, try pinguins. If even pinguins don't work, you'll have to have the hero to jump from a plane into the eye of the storm with a bucked of water, ductape, 6 marbles, his trusted knife, some rope and toilet paper. If the hero can't jump, his love-of-his-life is an acceptable replacement.

Re:Possible way to kill hurricanes . . .

[ikkonoishi]

Radioactive fallout + Giant storm system that sends clouds across half the country.

You are right. Nothing bad could come of this.

Re:Definitions

[aminorex]

Obviously hurricanes are particle accellerators. The wind consists of small particles called "molecules", which hurricanes accellerate to speeds in excess of 100 knots. And yes, hurricanes are also characterized by separation of charge. I find it difficult to imagine how anyone could fail to recognize these obvious facts.

Electric Universe!

[BytePusher]

This article just proves again that we live in an Electric Universe!