"Some social media users also reference geoengineering, which NASA describes as proposed schemes "to reverse or limit climate change by intentional, large-scale manipulation of the Earth's climate."

But "geoengineering could not create or control hurricanes," said Joshua Horton, a senior program fellow studying solar geoengineering at Harvard University.

"It doesn't currently exist, but if it did, geoengineering would be much too imprecise to control weather or weather events like hurricanes," Horton said."

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"Hugh Willoughby, a research professor at Florida International University whose work focuses on hurricanes, said he's not aware of any U.S. programs to revive the hurricane modification project.

He said the idea that the government can control a hurricane is "utter nonsense."

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As 'utter nonsense'... this could make the Republican Party Platform!