Scientists say El Niño, a weather-disrupting warming of the Pacific, will be very strong starting in October - possibly the largest weather event since 1950.

And impact could be bad. Major flooding in the southern US, East Africa, and parts of South America. Major drought in Australia, Southeast Asia, Central America, and Southern Africa.

A study published last week proposes a radical solution: change the weather.

Inject sea salt into clouds off South America, causing them to reflect sunlight away from the ocean to keep it cool.

El Niño events could be diminished and the $84 trillion in economic losses El Niño is set to impose this century could be avoided. Major win, right?

Maybe…maybe not. “Consequences of dampening El Niño are impossible to anticipate,” says Raymond Pierrehumbert, an Oxford scientist.

There are also ethical questions. Who should make these decisions? Which regions should be spared at the expense of others?

Is it okay to “play Mother Nature” if it saves lives and financial disaster?

We've all frozen on a decision. Send the text? Take the job? Get the nachos?

Enter the 10-10-10 rule: before you choose, ask how you'll feel about it in 10 minutes, 10 months, and 10 years.

Each horizon does a different job. Ten minutes checks your impulse. Ten months reflects on if the choice moves your life in the right direction. Ten years zooms out to what you'll remember versus what you'll regret.

Coined by writer Suzy Welch, this test takes about 30 seconds and works on almost anything.

1. Seeing someone reading a book you love is a book recommending a human.

2. When medication says "do not operate heavy machinery," they're probably referring to cars, but my mind always goes to forklift.

3. "Coffee flavored water" doesn't sound good, but that's what coffee is.

4. If Cinderella's shoe fit perfectly, why did it fall off in the first place?

5. Most people aren't scared of being alone in the dark. They're scared of not being alone in the dark.