Interesting glitch in the N Atlantic huricane season he
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/gifs/atlhist_lowres.gif

It would seem that long before the scientists in Atarctica started
going Doolali with hair spray, there were about five years with no F 3
or greater hurricanes in the basin. Not that I would understand how
they could verify a cat 3 in the 1860's. That was in early days of the
board of trade's efforts to establish a weather office of some sort.

I wonder if the increase in their number is anything to do with the
ability of ships to go through them long enough for surviving crew to
report back on the conditions. I wonder how a cat 2 would show up on
the Beaufort Scale.

"F13 Dashed Bad Hurricane
There is no air, just foam. Sea close enough to touch; breathing
difficult; half the squadron sunk."?

"F16 ****** Hell!
Glug, glug, glug."