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Originally Posted by CoachKandSportsguy
To say that the hurricane data of 2020's has never been seen since records started in the early 1900s, when hurricane data was collected by barometers on ocean going ships, with rules to sail away from the center based upon barometric readings. survival bias scientific analysis? when did hurricane hunting weather measurements start? When did geostationary satellite weather imaging first start?
Modern weather stats are only comparable for about 70 years old at best. .
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I suspect some Hurricane data has been kept since the time of the Phoenicians, who invented maritime insurance. Insurance claims for hurricane damage are certainly available in insurance company’s records, though obviously not in the detail of modern day weather related science.