Project Stormfury: US Tries to Weaken a Hurricane with Silver Iodide
The United States National Hurricane Research Project dropped eight cylinders of silver iodide into the eyewall of Hurricane Esther, slashing wind speeds by 10% and launching Project Stormfury. This bold experiment convinced scientists they could actually weaken hurricanes, driving decades of government-funded research into weather modification before later studies proved the technique ineffective.
September 16, 1961
65 years ago
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What Else Happened on September 16
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The Sixth Ecumenical Council condemned Pope Honorius I for heresy, formally excommunicating him decades after his death. This rare rebuke shattered the doctrine…
Friedrich I. Barbarossa entzieht seinem Vetter Heinrich dem Löwen die Herrschaft über die Reichslehen Bayern und Sachsen. Mit dem – territorial beschnittenen – …
en Italia, Francisco de Asís declara haber recibido los estigmas o heridas de la pasión de Jesucristo.
el obispo Berenguel de Landoria ordena el asesinato de once representantes de la burguesía de Santiago de Compostela que habían ido a negociar con él en el Cast…
ascenso al trono del rey de Francia Carlos VI.
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