Hurricane Milton: Bill Gates' Hurricane Control Patents EXPOSED

I came across this fascinating article from 2009 that talks about a surprising plan Bill Gates had—or maybe still has—to control hurricanes. Yes, you heard that right: Bill Gates wanted to spend his billions controlling hurricanes. 

Now, instead of diving into the specifics of how or why this plan came about, let’s focus on the bigger picture—Bill Gates actually considered investing his wealth to manipulate the weather, specifically targeting hurricanes.

Here’s the gist of the article: Microsoft founder Bill Gates, along with some co-inventors including climate scientist Ken Caldera from the Carnegie Institution, filed five patent applications with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. These patents, made public on July 9th, proposed a method to slow down hurricanes by pumping cold, deep ocean water into their paths using turbine-equipped barges. If granted, these patents would give Gates and his team 18 years of exclusive rights to this weather-modifying idea.

The concept builds on the fact that hurricanes, like Hurricane Katrina in 2005, gain strength from the warm surface waters of the ocean. The patents describe how strategically placed barges could pump cold water from the ocean depths to cool the sea surface, potentially reducing the intensity of storms before they make landfall.