Okay, it’s a “clerical error” according to the person in charge, the 46,000 rounds of ammo were actually for the NOAA Division of Law Enforcement.
But before I read more than the headline, I wondered if we were going to get more pro-active against tornadoes.
My husband, Andy L, said, “Are they tired of just cloud seeding?” and “Maybe they’re going to do a new kind of skeet shooting. ‘Pull!’ and a hailstone gets blasted.”
Are they basically to protect and patrol NOAA facilities, or do they actually investigate oceanic and atmospheric crimes and bust people for dumping crap in the Atlantic and overusing CFCs?
I think they’re just getting ready for winter. The next time I have to shovel eight inches of “partly sunny” slush off my driveway, they may need the ammo.
And if I tap my Dad’s arsenal, they still don’t have enough.
I wonder if they have any howitzers to deal with snow packs. That’d really freak out the militia-types. (Seriously, one way to deal with potential avalanches is to set them off ahead of time – with howitzers.)
Oh! Oh! I see a science experiment! Could you cause a cloud to dissipate by setting off explosives in the middle of it? I’m thinking the high-pressure wave created by the explosion could push the cloud apart.
We just need some artillery and maybe a Superfortress or Stratofortress.