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It was also their prediction for last year.

It's nice to see you here on the Forum Gracie.

The sky is falling! The sky is falling!

It might have already fallen

In the last 10 years the land and ocean temperatures on average have been increasing and the oceans rising due to that HEAT. The added heat is caused by heat reflecting from the upper atmosphere more strongly due to CO2 increases caused by man's activities including Automobile exhaust. Likely Florida and other countries will see more and stronger hurricanes. New Internal Combustion Engines are being purchased in large quantities worldwide - so, each year, the problem will get worse.

In 2004 there was "Charlie" and so many others that they had to go to the Greek Alphabet for names.

No kidding!

And I notice that there are also now 2, 781 billionaires in the world! I don't think there was a single one when I was a kid. Do you think those two figures could be related? It sure is weird to think that maybe all that "global warming" is making billionaires!

But you know something? Even though there were 16 named storms in 2008 (the year of cat 5 Ike and cat 5 Rita, both of which passed over my Texas house), there were less than half as many billionaires in 2008 (it was the 1st year there were more than 1,000). 2008 had 16 named storms, 50 billion (2008) dollars in damage, and over 1000 deaths. Despite your alarming statistics, 2008 was the worst weather year in recent memory. My insurance then, and 12 years later, when I moved to Florida, was ONE QUARTER of what I paid last year, in a smaller and hurricane-resistant house, in a town that has never experienced a major hurricane or flood.

So, despite your "28" number, the number of hurricanes has actually decreased (one cat 3 in 2023), while weather damage merely doubled in the last 12 years (because the dollar is worth half what it was then).

Meanwhile, insurance bills have quadrupled, and the number of billionaires has increased by 150%.

Weird how that "global warming" works, huh?

A couple of weeks ago someone speculated the Jet Stream was more southern cooling us off. Another forecast gone bad.

What would you expect with inflation out of control the last three years?

What Is the Inflation for Each Year?
An average rate of inflation can be calculated for each year:

In 2023, the average rate of inflation was 4.1%.
In 2022, the average rate of inflation was 8.0%.
In 2021, the average rate of inflation was 4.7%.
In 2020, the average rate of inflation was 1.2%.

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Historical Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U)."

They are predicting an above average hurricane season in the Atlantic and below average in the central Pacific. It's a cycle thanks to La Niña. Cooler water in the central Pacific and warmer water in the Atlantic. So I guess it matters where you live. My friends in Hawaii are glad it is not an El Niño year.

There’s your first mistake believing anything any information or statistics these days that comes from a government agency.

Modeling is only as good as the data going in/. Considering that the National weather service estimates 30% of of the actual temperature in the US alone, modeling will not work. CO² is the lowest in the cycle of climate volatility.

Might as well add this year's. 3.3%

IMO the dollar impact of Hurricanes and other natural disasters is higher due to the huge increase in the number of buildings and highways. The population is much higher everywhere leading to more buildings and infrastructure. There's also inflation to consider. A dollar from 1970 is worth at least $7 now.

I've lived in Central Florida for 68 years. I think a big factor in the increased heat here is deforestation. Another factor is much much more pavement and rooftops.