In sci.space.science Barbara Schwarz wrote:
A hurrican can be broken up with a strong laser from a weather
satellite via a remote control from somebody on earth. Nobody has to be
in harms way.


It can also be broken up by simply sprinkling pixie dust in its path.

You're an idiot.
An innumerate one.
The most powerful continuous laser around is on the order of a megawatt.
The energy feeding a hurricane is about that every 30 meters square.