stop them in their tracks
How about an array of floating solar generated plastic pumps(the kinds we see in fish tanks covering at least 150 sq miles in area) sucking, through means of an attached straw like tube, cooler water from below the surface of the ocean in the projected path of an approaching hurricane. This would change the warm surface temperature of the sea, effectively knocking out the most important variable to a hurricanes source of energy. Any scuba diver will tell you that at thirty feet below the ocean the water temp is much cooler than at the surface even in tropical oceans where hurricanes traverse. This isn't playing God, its just using common sense to save lives and protect a country's economy from devastating destruction equivalent to a few kilotons of nuclear power moving towards you between 20-10 mph. Modules can be assembled the sizes of ten football fields in area and pulled by a fleet of fishing trawlers. Again this should be done with the full knowledge and cooperation of neighbouring countries and only put into effect as hurricanes form and threaten vital interests.
