>
>And NOAA now says the storm will be heading out to sea and the US
>mainland will not see so much as a tropical storm force wind... thus
>continuing the US major hurricane drought of the last (almost) 10 years.
> No Cat 3 or higher has hit the US since Wilma (Oct 24, 2005)
>
>Actually, there is a minor hurricane drought as well both in the US and
>globally. Despite warnings of increasing storms due to climate change,
>global cyclone frequency had been steadily declining and is actually
>down more than 10 % since the peak in 1998.
>
Puerto Rico has been experiencing a drought with many reservoirs running
dry.
Chris
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
- Hunter S. Thompson
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