Saturday, September 03, 2005

Brace for more Katrinas, say experts

"For all its numbing ferocity, Hurricane Katrina will not be a unique event, say scientists, who say that global warming appears to be pumping up the power of big Atlantic storms.

"2005 is on track to be the worst-ever year for hurricanes, according to experts measuring ocean temperatures and trade winds -- the two big factors that breed these storms in the Caribbean and tropical North Atlantic.

"Earlier this month, Tropical Storm Risk, a London-based consortium of experts, predicted that the region would see 22 tropical storms during the six-month June-November season, the most ever recorded and more than twice the average annual tally since records began in 1851."
Posted by Mac at 7:46 PM

1 comments:

Ken said...

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/pastdec.shtml? gives us recorded strikes by decade, from 1851 to 2004. The average strikes of major - categories 3, 4, 5, is 6 per decade.

http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/Landsea/deadly/index.html gives us a listing of the deadliest, costliest, and most intense hurricanes from 1900 to 2000.

http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/Landsea/deadly/Table2.htm lists the 30 deadliest since 1900.

Insofar as there is so much hyperbole on the subject, I advise all those interested to read the above and come to their own conclusion.

2:19 AM