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A hurricane will not form over cold ocean water, that is why hurricanes rarely form in the winter; the ocean is usually too cold.

However, you cannot simply cool ocean water like that. The amount of energy stored in the water making it warm is enormous, to great for us to ever hope to manipulate.

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