posted 11-22-2001 11:00 AM
This months Popular Science Magazine talks about a company called Dyn-O-Mat located in Southern Florida. I found a similar article written on KRISTV Channel 6 news web site. Here it is:
Posted on:
Sunday, July 22, 2001
04:05 PM
HURRICANE EXTINGUISHER
By STAFF
KRIS-TV
DEALING WITH THE AFTERMATH OF A HURRICANE IS NEVER EASY BUT NOW, A SOUTH FLORIDA COMPANY SAYS IT HAS A WEAPON TO FIGHT A HURRICANE'S FURY. THE WEAPON DYNO-GEL IS A SPECIALLY FORMULATED POWDER THAT INSTANTLY ABSORBS MOISTURE. IN THE MOST RECENT TEST. AFTER SPREADING DYN-O-GEL OVER A BUILDING THUNDERCLOUD. THE CLOUD DISAPPEARED. SINCE HURRICANES GAIN THEIR STRENGTH FROM CIRCULATING AND GATHERING MOISTURE. DYN-O-MAT'S C-E-O SAYS THEIR PRODUCT CAN BASICALLY TAKE OUT A HURRICANE'S LEGS. "OUR GOAL IS TO TAKE A PIE SHAPE OUT OF THE HURRICANE OUT OF THE EYE A PIE-SHAPED PIECE IF WE CAN TAKE THAT OUT WE'LL TURN THE WINDS INTO THEMSELVES AND WILL COLLAPSE THE STORM." WITH PERMISSION FROM THE GOVERNMENT. CORDANI WANTS TO SPREAD THOUSANDS OF POUNDS OF DYNO-GEL INTO THE NEXT MASSIVE HURRICANE USING MILITARY CARGO PLANES HE THINKS HIS PRODUCT CAN SHRINK A HURRICANE FROM A CATEGORY 5 TO A LESS DANGEROUS CATEGORY 2 HURRICANE.
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Here is a link to Dyn-O-Mats web site. I suggest everyone take a good look and see if this isn't the people behind the wheel.
www.dynomat.com/index2.shtml
Check out Dyn-o-storms pictures.