If we had a list of things you probably shouldn't do, we imagine dropping a nuke into a hurricane would be pretty high up there.
Thankfully, there's a wild simulation showing what would happen and proving why it's not a good idea.
While climate change deniers continue to claim we're exaggerating the state of the planet, it's hard not to see that the world is changing around us.
Even if you weren't listening to Baba Vanga and Nostradamus' predictions that we're destined to be battered by severe weather, scientists claim extreme conditions are set to hit 70% of us within the next 20 years.
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In 2025 alone, we've witnessed the Palisades wildfires, Alaska's capital facing floods from glacier meltwater, Russia being ravaged by earthquakes, and fears of a 1,000-foot 'mega tsunami'. Apparently, things are only going to get worse as we brace for tornadoes, hurricanes, and super typhoons.
The latest simulation from Zack D. Films reveals what would happen if you dropped a nuke into a hurricane.
Starting with the idea that dropping a nuke onto a hurricane might destroy the extreme weather, the simulation explains how the average hurricane gives out the same amount of energy as a 10-megaton bomb…every 20 minutes.
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Putting this into context, that's around 100 times bigger than the Little Boy bomb dropped on Hiroshima, which led to up to 166,000 people losing their lives.
If you wanted to 'destroy' a hurricane, you'd have to change the air pressure at the eye of the storm. Before you go thinking that scientists will be able to stop future cataclysmic hurricanes, even the largest nuclear bomb in the world would only affect for a few seconds before the hurricane would reform.
To actually stop a hurricane, you'd have to drop 700 nukes on it at the same time, so unless you plan on destroying the planet at the same time, it's not a viable idea.
Responding to the video, one gobsmacked onlooker said: "That's a scary thought. You've just wasted a good nuke. The hurricane still comes smiling at you while carrying radioactive materials in the winds."
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Another joked: "You know what's worse than a hurricane, a radioactive hurricane."
A third said what everyone is thinking as they concluded: "This is absolutely terrifying to know how deadly these things are."
2020 was the year that holds the record for most storms, recording 30 tropical storms, 14 hurricanes, and seven of them being classified as major.
Modern hurricanes are becoming increasingly dangerous, with 2015's Hurricane Patricia recording speeds of 345 km/h and 2012's Hurricane Sandy spanning 1,850 km with its tropical winds. It looks like we’ll have to find another way aside from dumping nukes if we want to stop hurricanes.