Regarding the man made hurricane thing, I believe the theory isn't that a hurricane can be intensified and "driven" to a specific place, but that the conditions off the coast of africa can be manipulated to mimic the BEGINNING of a Hurricane (sort of like the butterfly effect)....its not that they could build them up and guide them. In theory, if it were true, a bunch could be created creating more chances for hurricanes to form....sort of like firing a bunch of rounds at a car and hoping you hit the gas tank.
Crazy? Maybe, but when a scientist on the radio explained it, it sounded a lot more plausible than I care to actually admit! I've forgotten the guys name, but there is some meterologist/weatherman somewhere that claims the beginnings of many of the hurricanes when they are tiny don't look like "normal" hurricanes...the geometric shapes are too perfect.
Again, I have no idea what to make of it one way or the other, but it wouldn't surprise me....supposedly the tech came from submarines equiped with tech enabling monitoring of nuke programs in the 1970s, that many govts starting working on it, but gave up........except the USSR..and that its plausible its on the black market.
It would make for a good movie, regardless!
Is this the guy who claimed to see tiny pentagons within the eyes of the hurricanes?
C'mon, people, a little skepticism goes a long way.