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

The ELI5 method is you can stop a wave by breaking it early by making the ground shallower (shallow beaches are way smoother near shore) but you can’t stop a tsunami that way because it is just a huge amount of water rushing in, not a single wave.