Theory Suggesting World’s Largest Magnet Pushed Hurricane Helene Away From Florida State Gains Traction
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by Cass Anderson
Brobible
Florida State University and the city of Tallahassee dodged a bullet on Thursday night when Hurricane Helene shifted at the last minute and spared the state capital of Florida from a direct hit.
Things appeared to be very bad for FSU when The Weather Channel’s Jim Cantore was given Tallahassee as his location assignment for Hurricane Helene but with the last minute shift a theory has (once again) taken off that FSU’s Mag Lab, home to the world’s largest magnet, spared the city of Tally from a direct hit.
FSU’s Mag Lab in Tallahassee is a 1-of-1 facility. It is both the largest and highest-powered magnetic laboratory on planet earth. FSU’s Mag Lab has a 32-tesla all-superconducting magnet which is the most powerful all-superconducting magnet in the world. It is also home to a 45 tesla magnet which “combines a superconducting magnet of 11.5 tesla with a resistive magnet of 33.5 tesla.”
But is FSU’s Mag Lab enough to control the weather?!?!
Every time there is a hurricane approaching the city of Tallahassee and misses people talk about how the Mag Lab did it. Jokes took off on X, formerly known as Twitter, due to a last-second track shift from Hurricane Helene. Check ou the shift here just prior to landfall:
