STORMFURY CAME ON THE HEELS OF A PREVIOUS FAILED EFFORT TO INFLUENCE MOTHER NATURE.

The original storm chasers of Project Cirrus were Naval pilots on loan to NOAA’s Weather Bureau, flying DC-6 jets. NOAA photo.

PROJECT CIRRUS – A NOAA COLLABORATION WITH GENERAL ELECTRIC — AIMED TO INFLUENCE THE PATH OF ATLANTIC CYCLONES BY DUMPING ALUMINUM AND DRY ICE INTO A HURRICANE’S CORE. THE THEORY WAS TESTED ON 1949’S CAPE SABLE HURRICANE – WHICH, AT THE TIME OF TESTING, WAS DESTINED FOR A MID-ATLANTIC DEATH.

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