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Guaranteed Weather When Traveling? Scientists Think That Might Be Possible
Weather conditions at any destination around the world are hard to pin down. We may have a general idea of average temperatures for any given time of the year, know that good rain gear is required for certain places or that bringing a swimsuit is a must. But exact weather conditions can often be elusive.
But what if they were not? What if, somehow, weather conditions could be modified?
"Hacking The Planet," a new series that starts this week on The Weather Channel, shows scientists developing ways to actually change the weather. Viewers can gain some insight into ways scientists may one day prevent, weaken or redirect threatening weather conditions and natural phenomena.
In each of the six initial episodes the show asks, "What if humans were no longer as susceptible to Mother Nature's wrath?", a question that could undoubtedly affect travel plans in a very big way.
Getting a handle on weather-related flight delays alone would be huge.
"It simply defies nature to think that humans could prevent rain from disrupting a sporting event or use lasers to draw lightning away from sensitive areas like nuclear power plants," said Michael Dingley, senior vice president, content and development at The Weather Channel in a press release.
Surely, making even the slightest impact on rain, snow, tornadoes, hurricanes, lightning, earthquakes or volcanic eruptions too could protect iconic destinations from ruin, cause otherwise-aborted travel plans to happen and more.
"It's fascinating to imagine a world where we can could manipulate the planet's most powerful natural forces," adds Dingley. "If any of these experiments are successful, it's truly mind-boggling to think what that could mean for our future."
"Hacking The Planet" premieres Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013 at 8 p.m. ET and is just one of a growing number of travel-related programs from the Weather Channel. The channel is also home to "Coast Guard Florida," "Hawaii Air Rescue," "Plane Xtreme" and others. New Weather Channel series coming up include: "Prospectors," which follows a group of miners searching for the rarest gems (March 5), "Breaking Ice," which takes viewers to the North and South poles (April 2013), and "Tipping Points," a show about charting climate change (October 2013).
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Filed under: North America, United States, News, Travel Health
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Only Bloody Human Feb 26th 2013 2:07PM
The big question is: how many times has an adventure become an adventure just because of an unpredictable weather forecast?
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Ernie Feb 26th 2013 3:51PM
I remember when I was in the 5th grade they showed us a film about " The Weather" and how in the near future they would be able to control it, in places where there was a drought they would be able to fly into the clouds and seed them to produce rain, they also said how they would be able to control the weather so that there would be no hurricanes or other storms. Well sad to say I am now 69 years old and they still can't predict the weather over night. As someone once said being a weather man is the only job where you can made one mistake after another and still keep their jobs.
Not putting my trust in the weather man,
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Robert Hennessy Feb 27th 2013 9:24AM
According to world technical development trend soon we will have opportunity not only 100% predict weather, but change it for our selves.