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David F Mayer — 9/4/2005 4:50:19 AM (archived)

delivers MORE energy than a 1 megaton nuke. However, it arrives slowly and gently, so there is not disaster. If it arrived in one second, it would wipe the city off the map.

It is PEAK power (energy/time) that counts, not total energy.

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Energy of a Hurricane compared to a 1 megaton bomb - R.L. - 9/3/2005 6:43:13 AM
- The ordinary sunlight that falls on an ordinary city on an ordinary day - David F Mayer - 9/4/2005 4:50:19 AM
  - AGAIN, DAVID- I was clear on the difference between power and energy (n/t) - R.L. - 9/4/2005 5:36:34 AM
- 1 megaton bomb might take 5 seconds to release all that energy - SDF - 9/3/2005 1:00:45 PM
  - I think I made a pretty clear distinction between energy and power (n/t) - R.L. - 9/3/2005 10:22:35 PM
  - I wasn't being clear in the intent of my post - R.L. - 9/3/2005 7:22:40 PM

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