Methods and Apparatus for Destabilizing Tornadoes
OwnerAllen M. Bissellinventor
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus for destabilizing and reducing the strength and even destroying tornadoes are disclosed. Rather than over-powering a tornado, tornado vulnerabilities in stability maintenance are identified and turned against the tornado. Embodiments include attacking tornado vulnerabilities chemically without the use of explosives. Selected chemicals are introduced into a tornado adjacent to the wall of the funnel, advantageously above the height of entrained debris, to reduce the transmission of local angular velocity of the funnel toward the earth and to attack the local generation of energy from the tornado's air/water mixture.
Claims12
A method of distributing a chemical into a tornado, comprising:
- selecting at least one chemical that interferes with transmission of angular momentum from a higher portion of the tornado to a lower portion of the tornado;
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- directionally distributing the at least one chemical adjacent to a wall of the tornado by the tornado's spiral wind flow;
- wherein the at least one chemical in the tornado decreases a local wind angular velocity at a portion of a cross-section of the tornado without initiating an explosion, thereby causing energy and rotational deficits within the tornado.
An apparatus for distributing into a tornado at least one chemical, comprising:
- a payload container;
- a lift device for lifting the payload container to a selected height near the tornado, the lift device routing the payload container toward a wall of the tornado by spiral wind flow of the tornado;
- a lift activation device configured for activating the lift device;
- a payload altitude control device configured for releasing the lift device from the payload container when the lift device and payload container reach a predetermined altitude;
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- a payload release device configured for releasing content of the payload container at the predetermined altitude and upon occurrence of a predetermined condition, wherein the content includes the at least one chemical that decreases a local wind angular velocity at a portion of a cross-section of the tornado without initiating an explosion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.