Share your ideas for stopping tornados

[struggle4progress]

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	Hasn't Obama passed a national windspeed limit yet? Another broken campaign promise
	0 (0%)
	Build a big mountain range across the flatlands
	0 (0%)
	Detonate hydrogen bombs during thunderstorms to frighten the evil tornado spirits
	1 (33%)
	Lots of fans could spin the air around in the opposite direction
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	If we elected all the tornados to Congress, at least they'd go DC instead of hanging around here
	1 (33%)
	Spraying tons of LSD into the air on breezy days would disorient the wind
	0 (0%)
	We just need throw more virgins into volcanos
	1 (33%)
	Let's make friends with them so they'll stop acting out
	0 (0%)
	Move Kansas somewhere out of the way during tornado season
	0 (0%)
	0 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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[rurallib]

1. this post deserves some love

it shows the kind of unconventional thinking that has made the Lounge world renowned.

[In_The_Wind]

2. +1

[avebury]

3. Electing tornadoes to Congress would make

sure that they did not work.

[KamaAina]

5. Also, tornadoes, like all cyclones, spin counterclockwise

that is, to the left. (in the Northern Hemisphere, at any rate)

[progressoid]

4. SUPERMAN!

[KamaAina]

6. Throw sharks into them

What could go wrong?

[struggle4progress]

11. I keep meaning to see that: I'm pretty sure it will be the only thing future archaeologists

find remaining from our culture

[chknltl]

7. Stomping tomatoes??? This topic demands an opposing editorial response!

What is all this talk I've been hearing about stomping tomatoes? OK, I, chknltl, get the stomping grapes thing, it makes for a lovely yummy drink! Stomping tomatoes just makes.... tomato juice! My Uncle once accidentally stepped on a tomato. All those tomato guts came oozing up between his toes and got stuck in his toe-nails and caused the hair on his toes to fall off and he was never really known for his clean feet if you know what I mean. Drinking tomato squishings is just icky icky icky plus another icky times a brazillian!

My Mama, Mama chknltl, used to say to me, (chknltl), "Ltlchknltl, don't even think about drinking that tomato juice stuff, have a V8 instead!" My Mama, (Mama chknltl), she was smart like that. She knew that a V8 has lots more stuff than just plain old tomato guts in it and better yet, NO TOE HAIRS because they use machines to squish the vegtables these days! So let's have no more talk about stomping tomatoes! We should all take a tip from my Mama, (Mama chknltl), "Have a V8!" (Or drink lots of yummy grape squeezings is OK too).

[struggle4progress]

8. Godzilla meets Bambi

[uriel1972]

15. I nearly wet myself when I first saw that... nt

[struggle4progress]

17. It does have some rather tense moments

[Vashta Nerada]

9. Learn the Name of the Wind.

If anyone gets that reference you are perpetually awesome in my book.

[struggle4progress]

10. I'm afraid I'm too old for that one, so this is all that came to mind

[KatyaR]

12. Someone from Temple Univ suggested building REALLLY tall walls.

Swear to god.

"Physicist says building giant walls in U.S. may prevent tornadoes in 'tornado alley'"
Rongjia Tao says 1,000-foot walls would weaken airflow


http://www.koco.com/news/oklahomanews/norman/physicist-says-building-giant-walls-in-us-may-prevent-tornadoes-in-tornado-alley/24675402

(snip)

Physicist Rongjia Tao of Temple University has authored a paper that proposes building giant walls to prevent tornadoes.

He said three east-west structures should be built to weaken airflow. He claimed that this could help prevent tornadoes from hitting "tornado alley."

Tao proposed building structures that are about 1,000 feet high and 150 feet wide.

(snip)

Crazies everywhere....

[struggle4progress]

13. I really think high mountains would attract more tourists

Nobody's gonna say, Hey! Let's vacation in Kansas to see the thousand foot walls!



But they might say, I really really gotta visit that big new mountain range near Topeka!

[Earth_First]

14. Destroy the HAARP system...

[CBGLuthier]

16. Well, we could shame them for all the CHILDREN they KILL.

But I doubt that would work. Sorry, still no fucking sense of humor in this area.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

19. Perhaps, those would be the virgins to which the OP is referring ?

Sorry, just trying to get with the program around here, is all.

Love's lost such a cost.

[DFW]

18. Just pull the plug. eom

[chrisa]

20. Other - get a giant fan that spins the other way

[rrneck]

21. Easy.

Pump so much crap in the air it becomes too viscous to spin.


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