Well Done wrote:
"dan" wrote:
Just an ordinary year. Couldn't be global warming. Nah.

No, it's not an "ordinary year", but it's a typical year among those
years that include a busier hurricane season.

Name any other year in history that had 3 catagory 5 hurricanes.

Name the one other year that had 21 cyclones, but no cat 5s?
1933 : TS=11, C1=2, C2=3, C3=3, C4=2

Name the only other year that had 12 hurricanes?
1969 : TS=6, C1=5, C2=2, C3=4, C5=1

Name the ONLY year that had 12 Hurricanes AND 21 cyclones AND 2 cat 5
canes?
2005 : TS=9, C1=6, C3=1, C4=2, C5=3

Name the ONLY decade in record-keeping history with 5 Cat 5s?
1996 : TS=4, C1=3, C3=4, C4=2
1997 : TS=5, C1=1, C3=1
1998 : TS=4, C1=3, C2=4, C3=1, C4=1, C5=1
1999 : TS=4, C2=3, C4=5
2000 : TS=7, C1=5, C3=1, C4=2
2001 : TS=6, C1=5, C3=2, C4=2
2002 : TS=8, C1=1, C2=1, C3=1, C4=1
2003 : TS=9, C1=3, C2=1, C3=2, C5=1
2004 : TS=5, C1=1, C2=1, C3=2, C4=3, C5=1
2005 : TS=9, C1=6, C3=1, C4=2, C5=3

Winter 1997-1998 was an El Nino year of particular severity: what did
the weather do the summer of 98?
1998 : TS=4, C1=3, C2=4, C3=1, C4=1, C5=1

Winter 2002-2003 was a severe El Nino: what did the weather do the
summer of 03?
2003 : TS=9, C1=3, C2=1, C3=2, C5=1

Tell you what, sport, ever heard of El Nino? That is an example of...
1) a natural phenomenon...
2) that is made worse by Global Warming.
Climate scientists agree on both those points.

It just so happens that El Nino years feature a remarkable LACK of
hurricanes. Give it some thought. Blaming GW for hurricanes is worse
than stupid.

Holy ****, is this going to start happening every year, or even get worse?

Not according to Hurricane scientists. Do you actually think that if
man had used, say, only 1/10 of the fossil fuel we have actually used,
that the climate wouild be any different?

It was different when Man used only 1/10th the fossil fuels: That is
why NOW is worse.
PERCENTAGE DIFFERENCE 1996-2005 to averages 1851-1995
144% MORE Tropical Storms, 1996-2005
47% MORE Hurricanes Category 1, 1996-2005
14% LESS Hurricanes Category 2, 1996-2005
52% MORE MAJOR Hurricanes Category 3, 1996-2005
90% MORE MAJOR Hurricanes Category 4, 1996-2005
257% MORE MAJOR Hurricanes Category 5, 1996-2005
(Upto 2005 Hurricane Wilma C5)