I‘m not sure if I’ve mentioned it before, but I have a plan for fending off hurricanes (and other related storms) from Nova Scotia. We are (once again) looking forward to another busy hurricane (uh, ‘storm’) season this year. Forget about climate change for a change. Think about what causes these tropical storms to grow into hurricanes: Warm water.
The 
plan I propose is a multilateral ice cube barrier that stretches from Bridgetown to Lahave/Bridgewater. By cooling water here, we minimize the threats of snow storms and hurricanes that reach Nova Scotia either by land or by sea. The stretch from Bridgetown to Freeport (‘BriFree Ice Front’) is particularly crucial: dumping ice here will allow the formation of a buffer zone between Nova Scotia and the main American continent. (Most of our snow comes from the US). The stretch between Freeport and Bridgewater (‘FreeBri Ice Front’) will most likely force storming hurricanes to ignore Nova Scotia.
There are couple of issues I’ve not taken into consideration:
- How will this affect Global Warming?
- How will this affect the fish? Or rather, the fishing industry?
- What effects does the tide in the Bay of Fundy have on the ice cube barrier? If the tide is coming into the bay, most of the ice will probably be dropped in and around the hub of Nova Scotia. Maybe it’s a good idea to make a heat generating ‘anti-ice cube’ barrier around Truro.
- How do we get all the energy to create all these ice cubes year round? I’m looking at you Nova Scotia Power. Low rates, now. It makes sense from a business point of view: the less storms, the less calamities.
- How will this affect tourism? Current estimations reveal that Nova Scotia will attract between hundred thousand of extra visitors only to view these amazing barriers. Think of the Dutch national Deltaworks!
While we’re at it maybe we should call this ice cube front the ‘Hoogervorst Barrier’.
Update: Indeed.