11 trillion gallons of water

What's going on with this weather?

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Great. So now we have racist Hurricanes :p
 
Can We Now Please Talk About What’s Being Done to Help Hurricane-Ravaged Puerto Rico?

There are around 3.4 million residents of Puerto Rico, with another 100,000 or so inhabiting the U.S. Virgin Islands. The residents of these islands have all the rights of American citizens, but they cannot vote for president. And they are relying on the resources of the Federal Government and the generosity of the American people to help them get back on their feet.

As reported elsewhere, the territory has essentially 100% of the population without power and it will take at least 3-6 months for power to be restored. It is a nightmare down there.
 
The Atlantic just finished its busiest hurricane month on record
Before anyone claims they're blaming global warming:
Across the Northern Hemisphere this year, then, tropical activity has more or less evened out. Based on the accumulated cyclone energy statistics kept by Colorado State, the "normal" value for the Northern Hemisphere through October 1 is 403.7 units. This year, it has measured 411.3, a statistically insignificant bump of 2 percent.
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redrumloa said:
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I gotta call bull after living through 2004-2005. I don't have time ATM to go pull up records of those seasons, but considering I lived through 8 direct hits over those 2 seasons this does not pass the smell test.
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Did you read the article?
It addresses at least one comparative measurement from 2004:
With that said, according to Phil Klotzbach of Colorado State University, this September set the following significant records: cumulative days of named storms (53.5 days, besting the mark of 52.25 days in September 2004)
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redrumloa said:
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I gotta call bull after living through 2004-2005. I don't have time ATM to go pull up records of those seasons, but considering I lived through 8 direct hits over those 2 seasons this does not pass the smell test.
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Its a record for "September" only

hurricane tracking goes back to the 1850s
satellite tracking goes back to the1960s

the most active Storm seasons:

2005 had 28 named storms and 15 hurricanes for the season

1887 North Atlantic Tropical Storms
Ireland was hit twice, Britain and France once
Canada was hit twice
and one storm headed towards Iceland
 
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Robert said:
Nate makes nine Atlantic hurricanes in a row—unprecedented in modern era
The biggest concern with Nate is storm surge along the northern Gulf coast.
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They are splitting hairs trying to make this hurricane season seem AGW related. It's not, making them sound desperate. The track determines the strength, the track is determined by currents which is constantly shifting due to natural processes.

The strength and overall size of a few of the storms this year is unusual, but not unprecedented. The use of the term "modern era" is also misleading because only in the last ~40 years have we had satellite monitoring. The article makes vague references to busy seasons in the late 1800s, but only to be dismissive of those seasons. Prior to that hurricanes were often only found about when they hit landfall. The US population was only a tiny fraction of what it is now. Many hurricanes hit landfall in unpoulated areas and were never recorded. Then you had direct hits in populated areas that the people found out about when it hit. One example of note is Great Galveston Hurricane of 1900. It is listed officially as a Category 4, but more likely was a monster Cat5 like we saw this year. It killed up to 12,000 people and wiped Galveston TX completely off the map. Then you had the 2005 season with 31 named storms. If the currents were different more of those named storms would have grown in strength to major hurricanes.

Just sayin...
 
redrumloa said:
The strength and overall size of a few of the storms this year is unusual, but not unprecedented. The use of the term "modern era" is also misleading because only in the last ~40 years have we had satellite monitoring.

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Just sayin...
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I'm not sure what it is you're just saying but logically it has to be one of the following:
1. There haven't been 9 hurricanes in a row this year.
2. There has been a 9 in a row run some other time in the "modern era" (which you seem to pegging at within the last ~40 years and I'll concede for sake of discussion).
3. This is the first 9 in a row run for at least the last ~40 years but this is nothing worth mentioning.

So which is it?
 
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