(Ignoring the movie threadjack portion of this thread)
A more serious proposal for cutting down the power of a storm would be to spread a surfactant on the surface of the water.
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In their paper, the mathematicians conclude that "We think that the action of oil was exactly the prevention of the formation of droplets! The turbulence was restored after the oil was dropped, the turbulent drag increased, and the intensity of the squall was reduced. Possibly hurricanes can be similarly prevented or damped by having airplanes deliver fast decaying harmless surfactants to the right places on the sea surface."
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