ml>> its my understanding that the space elevator would be located at
 ml>> the equator... do they get tornados there? does the jet stream
 ml>> make it that far south/north?

 MMC> I missed that part about the equator, but it would certainly
 MMC> be the place to put it, considering the theory.

that's my thinking as well... its also why the sealaunch folk are doing
their launches from the equator ;)

 MMC> The jet stream as we know it by definition doesn't go that far
 MMC> south, and the southern one doesn't go that far north, and
 MMC> tornados are very rare outside the USA.  But there must be
 MMC> some kind of weather along the equator, maybe just not as
 MMC> severe.

about the only thing i can see as weather and severe is possibly the heat ;)

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