By Alan StahlerSpecial to The UnionA typical hurricane packs a punch of some three trillion watts - as much power as could be generated by three thousand large coal or nuclear plants.A truly monstrous hurricane can deliver ten times as much.A hurricane over land is a bull in a china shop. As the bull charges from one shop to another, meteorologists try to predict where it will hit next.Earth's tropics absorb more sunlight than do the poles. The tropics would grow infinitely hot, but for the fact that warm air rises. Heated by the land and water beneath it, warm …