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

Silver oxide can’t stop a hurricane. Cool oceans, dusty desert air, wind shear, and strong upper level winds stop hurricanes. Cool oceans or dusty air starve hurricanes of fuel, and the right winds can break the structure of the hurricane. When any of these happen naturally, nearby hurricanes weaken or dissipate (fall apart). 

Using one of those – cooling the ocean, bringing in a *lot* of dry desert air, drying the air over the ocean, or creating the perfect wind would stop a hurricane, but we can’t do any of them yet. And we’d have to do it on on a really big scale to stop a hurricane.