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   Fritz Weaver wrote:   
   > On 4 Sep 2005 12:56:26 -0700, "Barbara Schwarz"    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   >>That laser either circles the hurrican and keeps it in place till it   
   >>loses strenght in the ocean or it cuts through it and breaks it up in   
   >>less powerful storms. It is also possible to push a hurrican away from   
   >>land with such a laser.   
   >   
   >   
   > A laser is light and light travels in a straight line so it can't circle a   
   > hurricane.  There is also the problem of a laser pushing anything especially   
   > clouds.   
   >   
      
   Not to mention sheer absurdity of a laser with massive energy   
   requirements being pointed at a storm system containing mind buggering   
   amounts of energy. I'm sure that a laser could proscribe a circle with   
   mirors or whatever, but what the point of that would be has yet to be   
   explained by babbling Babs.   
      
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