If we can get rid of clouds using silver oxide, why don’t we use that method on hurricanes?

Question

This article does not mention silver oxide, but regardless of what chemicals are used why don’t we attempt to weaken catastrophic storms in any way?

[https://www.theguardian.com/science/2004/jun/24/thisweekssciencequestions3](https://www.theguardian.com/science/2004/jun/24/thisweekssciencequestions3)

In: Planetary Science

Answer 1

We have tried in the past to use cloud seeding to weaken hurricanes. [It didn’t work.](https://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/hrd_sub/modification.html) We don’t try to weaken hurricanes, because we have no effective way to do it.

I do kind of want to see what would happen if the eye of a hurricane went over an iceberg, though. I know it wouldn’t weaken the hurricane and it would be really difficult for us to put an iceberg in the path of a hurricane, but I wonder what would happen. I’m picturing something like the [cow scene](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BZqrV1J9Rds) from Twister, but with an iceberg instead of a cow.