"Others are engaging even in an eco-type of terrorism whereby they can alter the climate, set off earthquakes, volcanoes remotely through the use of electromagnetic waves. So there are plenty of ingenious minds out there that are at work finding ways in which they can wreak terror upon other nations.It's real, and that's the reason why we have to intensify our efforts, and that's why this is so important."
[Secretary of Defense William Cohen at an April 1997 counterterrorism conference sponsored by former Senator Sam Nunn. Quoted from DoD News Briefing, Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen, Q&A at the Conference on Terrorism, Weapons of Mass Destruction, and U.S. Strategy, University of Georgia , Athens , Apr. 28, 1997].
Unless this quote is completely false - obviously there is concern. And no doubt WE are looking at the technology too. I would imagine that the idea of "cloud seeding" to make it rain would seem pretty far-fetched 100 years ago too.
That said - I think the odds that these hurricanes are caused by "somebody" is about 1 goobzillion billion trillion to 1.
'Nuff said.