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 only scientist quoted in that article says:

>Anthony Illingworth, a meteorologist at Reading University, agrees: “Some people have made a lot of money out of it, but because it’s so hard to prove it’s worked, we tend to view it with considerable jaundice.”