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On Tue, 10/27/15, Tim <xxxxxx@little-possums.net> wrote:

 Subject: Re: Re[2]: [TML] Dyson Sphereunderconstruction?
 To: xxxxxx@simplelists.com
 Date: Tuesday, October 27, 2015, 6:05 PM

 On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at
 04:18:48PM -0700, Phil Pugliese (via tml list) wrote:
 > p.s. how long of a blackout would be
 required for trees to actually
 > fall
 down & F10 winds to spawn?

 A solar blackout in itself won't cause any
 particularly strong winds.
 It's likely
 to abort the development of any previously nascent
 tropical storms, as the surface temperatures
 drop lower in the
 extended night than they
 would normally have been.

 Hurricanes form and are sustained by transport
 of heat in water
 vapour, requiring huge
 areas of fairly deep warm water.  Cool water
 doesn't produce enough vapour to power such
 strong winds, and cool air
 can't carry
 much anyway.  It takes an enormous amount of sunlight
 energy storing enough heat throughout the water
 to set up the required
 conditions.

 In the long run, winds are
 driven by differences in average heat
 received from the sun between different areas
 of the planet's surface.
 When you turn
 out the sun, those differences go to zero.  All
 that's
 left is driven by the remnants of
 stored energy.

 Still, you needn't let this rain on your
 parade.  If hurricanes make
 for a better
 story then why not go for it?

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Hmmmm, guess I'll have to think of something else for the storms.

So, how long of a blackout is required to start killing plant life?

How long does if have to be for big trees to be affected to the point that they could fall down (even if it doesn't happen till later)?

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