The environmental wackos, like the scary Al Gore, were just sure that 1) this year was going to be the worst hurricane season ever and 2) it was our fault somehow.
Well, this has been the weakest hurricane season in a decade with only five hurricanes, four of which stayed in the mid-Atlantic. The experts predicted 17 or more named storms and we had only nine, none of which were category 4 or 5, the most severe. The highest winds that Florida saw this year were only 45 mph from tropical storm Alberto.
So how did the worst season ever become the mildest? Lots of unforeseen factors, including El Nino, African dust particles, and out of place winds and high pressure systems. It turns out that predicting the weather is a complicated thing. Who knew?
The truth is that we're in a long cycle of increased hurricanes and will probably see more bad years than good for awhile but that's just a cycle we're in. These same long-term weather cycles were probably going on before SUV's and smog… or Columbus for that matter. Will that stop the fear-mongers from trying to control everything? Probably not.
Global warming is the same way. Are things warming up about a degree right now? Yes. But it's been this warm before and cycles of extreme heat and cold have been with us for all of recorded history. What kind of narcissism says that we caused this one?
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