Where Have All the Hurricanes Gone?
Every year after the Hurricane Katrina and all the excitement of the 2005 hurricane season, the hurricane forecasters have told us to expect active hurricane seasons. Some said global warming was increasing the chances of powerful hurricanes.
But what happened? 2006, 2007, and 2008 have all been mild to average seasons.
Global warming is a tough sell when the world is covered with record low temperatures, and the hurricane seasons are mild.
posted by Pedicularis @ 9:45 AM
5 Comments:
Ohhhhh Ped. My dear northern blogger friend.
You should have been at my house during Gustav.
:-\
Galveston Island is still a mess.. and many of the small towns around the island are no more.
Ah, now you're going to make me do research and dig up the facts. I'll be back.
I found the annual hurricane data at http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/pastall.shtml#annual. I counted the number of tropical storms that reached hurricane status in Atlantic/Caribbean/Gulf of Mexico in the years 1995-2008. The count ranged from 3 (1997) to 15 (2005), and the average was exactly 8. 2006 had 5, 2007 had 6, and 2008 had 8, making all three years "mild to average", as I stated in my original post. :)
I have to agree with you about all the hoop-la of "global warming". I believe it to be a scam, a way for them to tax us in yet another way.
I don't think we can predict the future climate variations with any certainty at all. I don't recall anyone forecasting the cold winter we are having in the U.S. right now. Let's not waste trillions of dollars trying the shape the climate or the atmospheric CO2 concentration. My conclusion is that mankind should do what man has always done in response to climate change. Adapt! Move north or south as needed. Move to higher or lower elevations. We'll need to build new houses in 50-100 years anyway.
And good luck with new job, Lisa. :)
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