2017/09/27

I See No Ships (hurricanes)

Why is everyone trying to minimise the suffering of many thousands of people by claiming there has been a long period of no hurricanes in the Atlantic (adding to hit mainland US). There has been no real lull in the number of hurricanes:
e.g from Roy Spencer:
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The 11-Year Major Hurricane Drought: Much More Unusual than Two Cat 4 Strikes

September 21st, 2017 by Roy W. Spencer, Ph. D.

Weather.com published an article noting that the two Cat 4 hurricane strikes this year (Harvey and Irma) is a new record. Here’s a nice graphic they used showing both storms at landfall...

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Yet from Wiki there are these recorded cat 4 and 5 Atlantic hurricanes:

2001
Iris
October 89
145 mph (230 km/h)
948 hPa
2001
Michelle
November 34
140 mph (220 km/h)
933 hPa
2002
Lili
October 23
145 mph (230 km/h)
938 hPa
2003
Fabian
August 31-September 5
145 mph (230 km/h)
939 hPa
2003
Isabel
September 11-14,
165 mph (270 km/h)
915 hPa
2004
Charley
August 13
150 mph (240 km/h)
941 hPa
2004
Frances
August 28-September 2
145 mph (230 km/h)
935 hPa
2004
Karl
September 20-21
145 mph (230 km/h)
938 hPa
2004
Ivan
September 9-14
165 mph (270 km/h)
910 hPa
2005
Dennis
July 810
150 mph (240 km/h)
930 hPa
2005
Emily
July 16,
160 mph (260 km/h)
929 hPa
2005
Katrina
August 2829
175 mph (280 km/h)
902 hPa
2005
Rita
September 21-22,
180 mph (285 km/h)
895 hPa
2005
Wilma
October 19,
185 mph (295 km/h)
882 hPa
2007
Dean
August 18-21,
175 mph (280 km/h)
905 hPa
2007
Felix
September 34,
175 mph (280 km/h)
929 hPa
2008
Gustav
August 30-31
155 mph (250 km/h)
941 hPa
2008
Ike
September 48
145 mph (230 km/h)
935 hPa
2008
Omar
October 16
130 mph (215 km/h)
958 hPa
2008
Paloma
November 8
145 mph (230 km/h)
944 hPa
2009
Bill
August 19-20
130 mph (215 km/h)
943 hPa
2010
Danielle
August 27
130 mph (215 km/h)
942 hPa
2010
Earl
August 30-September 2
145 mph (230 km/h)
927 hPa
2010
Igor
September 12-17
155 mph (250 km/h)
924 hPa
2010
Julia
September 15
140 mph (220 km/h)
948 hPa
2011
Katia
September 6
140 mph (220 km/h)
942 hPa)
2011
Ophelia
October 2
140 mph (220 km/h)
940 hPa
2014
Gonzalo
October 15-17
145 mph (230 km/h)
940 hPa
2015
Joaquin
October 13
155 mph (250 km/h)
931 hPa
2016
Nicole
October 12-13
140 mph (220 km/h)
950 hPa)
2016
Matthew
October 1,
165 mph (270 km/h)
934 hPa
2017
Harvey
August 25-26
130 mph (215 km/h)
938 hPa
2017
Jose
September 8-10
155 mph (250 km/h)
938 hPa
2017
Irma
September 59,
185 mph (295 km/h)
914 hPa
2017
Maria
September 18-20,
175 mph (280 km/h)
908 hPa
You have to be blind in more than one eye to miss these