TIL in 1947, scientists dumped crushed dry ice

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TIL in 1947, scientists dumped crushed dry ice into a hurricane just to "see what would happen." The storm then made a 135-degree turn, strengthened, and struck Georgia—sparking public outrage and threats of lawsuits over the experiment.
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70th Anniversary of the first hurricane seeding experiment - NOAA's Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory

On the afternoon of October 13, 1947, an Air Force B-17 aircraft penetrated a hurricane 415 miles (667 km) east of Jacksonville and dumped several pounds of crushed dry ice into the storm, just to see what would happen. This was the first attempt to modi...

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