{"id":83,"date":"2007-11-03T05:57:09","date_gmt":"2007-11-03T13:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stevenrbrandt.com\/wordpress\/?p=83"},"modified":"2010-09-04T05:34:19","modified_gmt":"2010-09-04T13:34:19","slug":"category-six","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevenrbrandt.com\/?p=83","title":{"rendered":"Category Six!"},"content":{"rendered":"

The idea of putting solar power stations in space and beaming the energy to earth in the form of microwaves<\/a> is not a new one. However, the notion of steering hurricanes with microwaves is relatively new.<\/a> Heating the clouds at the right place and the right time, theoretically, could alter the trajectory or strength of the storm.<\/p>\n

Of course, this thing could be a weapon. Imagine a story set in the future where some terrorist gets control of the microwave satellite and uses it to pump up a satellite and aim it at Florida.<\/p>\n

One of the other effects of putting microwaves to sea water, however, is that it potentially can cause it to burn<\/a>. I don’t know if this would be too helpful for steering or building the strength of the storm, but it would be a cool special effect to add to the mix and build tension as the storm comes in closer.<\/p>\n

The story could have two threads, one which followed a miraculous survival of several people on earth, the other could follow the efforts of the government to stop the terrorists without losing the solar station. In the end, a code is used to release a biological experiment being conducted on the station. It kills the terrorist and her group, giving the ending a little reminiscent of “War of the Worlds.”<\/p>\n

I’m almost tempted to cast Elizabeth Hurley as one of the terrorists so that she can reprise her role as the Devil and create “Hell on Earth.”<\/p>\n

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