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點擊描述中的鏈接，安裝他們的免費瀏覽器擴展程序。

to help with hurricane disaster relief across the United States and elsewhere.

以幫助美國和其他地區的颶風救災。

Hurricanes, cyclones and typhoons are some of the most

颶風、旋風和颱風是一些最常見的

destructive natural disasters that occur on our planet.

破壞性的自然災害，在我們的星球上發生。

Hurricane Katrina in 2005 caused over 105 billion dollars in damages

2005年 "卡特里娜 "颶風造成的損失超過1050億美元。

and hurricane Sandy in 2012 caused over 74 billion dollars in damages.

和2012年的颶風桑迪造成了超過740億美元的損失。

The amount of damage caused in North America and the Carribean by this most recent

最近的這一事件在北美和加勒比地區造成的損失數額。

hurricane season in 2017 will likely be unprecedented.

2017年的颶風季將可能是前所未有的。

But what if there is a way to destroy a hurricane

但如果有辦法摧毀颶風呢？

before it could actually make landfall and cause any damage?

在它真正登陸並造成任何損失之前？

Various theories have been proposed throughout history

歷史上曾提出過各種理論

of ways to do this but perhaps the most outlandish idea

辦法有很多，但可能是最離奇的想法。

is to fire nuclear weapons into a hurricane.

是向颶風發射核武器。

So would this actually work?

那麼，這樣做真的有用嗎？

And what would actually happen if we ever decided to try it out?

如果我們決定試一試，實際上會發生什麼？

This idea has actually been around for quite some time.

這個想法其實已經有一段時間了。

A meteorologist named Jack W. Reed suggested nuking hurricanes to destroy them as early as 1959.

早在1959年，一位名叫傑克-W-裡德的氣象學家就建議用核彈摧毀颶風。

Reed noted that every time a hydrogen bomb exploded

裡德指出，每當氫彈爆炸時

they would lift an enormous column of air

它們會升起巨大的氣柱

up to 20miles high into the sky afterwards.

高達20米的天空後。

With this in mind, he speculated that a submarine

考慮到這一點，他推測一艘潛艇。

armed with nuclear weapons could travel underwater

攜帶核武器的人可以在水下旅行

through a hurricane and into the eye of the storm.

通過颶風，進入風暴眼。

Once inside the eye the submarine would launch would multiple nuclear missiles that would detonate

一旦進入眼內，潛艇將發射多枚核導彈，並引爆。

at the surface.

在表面。

The idea was that most of the warm air inside of the eye

意思是說，眼球內的大部分暖空氣

would be blasted out above the storm

驚濤駭浪

while cold and dense air would fill in and replace it.

而冷密的空氣則會填充和取代它。