Hurricane Milton Reaches Category 4

[Danderman123]

Hurricane Milton threatens Florida after going west to East in the Gulf of Mexico. It is going to hit near Tampa Bay, how far away is the question.

 

The number of high intensity hurricanes hitting the US has increased due to historically hot water in the ocean, caused by humans dumping carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. 

 

Trump doesn't believe this is happening, so the US made little progress in reducing CO2 emissions during his 4 years. If you want to blame someone for these hurricanes, you can blame Trump.

[Hanaguma]

1 hour ago, Danderman123 said:

Hurricane Milton threatens Florida after going west to East in the Gulf of Mexico. It is going to hit near Tampa Bay, how far away is the question.

 

The number of high intensity hurricanes hitting the US has increased due to historically hot water in the ocean, caused by humans dumping carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. 

 

Trump doesn't believe this is happening, so the US made little progress in reducing CO2 emissions during his 4 years. If you want to blame someone for these hurricanes, you can blame Trump.

Actually, data from NOAA shows the worst decade for severe hurricanes was the 1940s. Second worst was the 1890s. 2010s were relatively calm.

 

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/pastdec.shtml

[Danderman123]

1 hour ago, Hanaguma said:

Actually, data from NOAA shows the worst decade for severe hurricanes was the 1940s. Second worst was the 1890s. 2010s were relatively calm.

 

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/pastdec.shtml

You are comparing 10 years vs 3 years.

 

Watch and learn.

 

BTW, Milton is Category 5 now.

[Danderman123]

Can't have a hurricane topic without a cone.

[Hanaguma]

7 hours ago, Danderman123 said:

You are comparing 10 years vs 3 years.

 

Watch and learn.

 

BTW, Milton is Category 5 now.

What has happened in 3 or 4 years is not climate. It is weather.  This decade has had 3 bad storms so far.  Previous decade, not so many. Hundred years ago, about the same. 150 years ago, about the same. Which data do you trust? 

[Danderman123]

Just now, Hanaguma said:

What has happened in 3 or 4 years is not climate. It is weather.  This decade has had 3 bad storms so far.  Previous decade, not so many. Hundred years ago, about the same. 150 years ago, about the same. Which data do you trust? 

And now the first October Tropical Storm to hit France ....ever.

 

[Danderman123]

3 minutes ago, Hanaguma said:

What has happened in 3 or 4 years is not climate. It is weather.  This decade has had 3 bad storms so far.  Previous decade, not so many. Hundred years ago, about the same. 150 years ago, about the same. Which data do you trust? 

https://www.statista.com/chart/amp/19418/divergence-of-ocean-temperatures-from-20th-century-average/

 

Prepare for more bad news...

 

 

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13 hours ago, Hanaguma said:

What has happened in 3 or 4 years is not climate. It is weather.  This decade has had 3 bad storms so far.  Previous decade, not so many. Hundred years ago, about the same. 150 years ago, about the same. Which data do you trust? 

 

22 hours ago, Hanaguma said:

Actually, data from NOAA shows the worst decade for severe hurricanes was the 1940s. Second worst was the 1890s. 2010s were relatively calm.

 

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/pastdec.shtml

Actually, the data is only for hurricanes that  strike the USA. And the data say nothing at All about the frequency or intensity of typhoons in the Pacific.

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22 hours ago, Hanaguma said:

Actually, data from NOAA shows the worst decade for severe hurricanes was the 1940s. Second worst was the 1890s. 2010s were relatively calm.

 

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/pastdec.shtml

Another problem with the data is that it judges hurricane intensity on the basis of the Saffir-Simpson scale. But, climatologists and meteorologists are becoming increasingly dissatisfied with the scale because it doesn't take into account the volume of precipitation. Has the atmosphere and the oceans warm, hurricanes are dumping increasing volumes of  precipitation with calamitous consequences.

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22 hours ago, Hanaguma said:

Actually, data from NOAA shows the worst decade for severe hurricanes was the 1940s. Second worst was the 1890s. 2010s were relatively calm.

 

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/pastdec.shtml

I found a list of  category 4 Atlantic hurricanes that occurred during the 20th and 21st centuries. During the 1940s there was a total of eight category 4 hurricanes. So far, during this decade there have already been 12. 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Category_4_Atlantic_hurricanes

And there are still five more years to go.