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Originally Posted by sounding
I picked the point at which slight global cooling started. This cooling is partially due to increasing incursions of polar outbreaks, accompanied by a cooling ENSO and PDO. This is why the hurricane trend has been decreasing for the past 2 years. Data also shows a weakening polar vortex, which is commonly indicative of more polar outbreaks to come -- at least in the near future.
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It is better to remember that Hurricane FREQUENCY is decreasing, but Hurricane INTENSITY and human deaths and costs to society are INCREASING. According to Reuters and Bloomberg...... IAN will have done about 60 BILLION dollars worth of property damage to Florida - about 20 Billion will be uninsured. Insurance premiums all over Florida will INCREASE on top of ALREADY being 3 times higher than the national average. Many will lose coverage!
Today the warmest water in the Gulf is 84 degrees. on July 17 it was 90 degrees.