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Atlantic Hurricane Season 30 Percent Stronger Than Normal
MatthewVD writes "The National Hurricane Center reported today that the combined energy and duration of all the storms in the Atlantic basin hurricane season was 30 percent above the average from 1981 to 2010. At Weather Underground, Dr. Jeff Masters blogs that record low levels of arctic ice could have caused a 'blocking ridge' over Greenland that pushed Hurricane Sandy west. Meanwhile, Bloomberg BusinessWeek says, 'it's global warming, stupid.'"
Sure do cause heated debate on Slashdot.
>> Bloomberg BusinessWeek says
This is the guy who just banned large sodas, right? Go on...
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Is this the largest hurricane ever recorded? Yes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Atlantic_hurricane_records
Large is good, the energy is spread out over a greater area. Did you notice (a lot) more people die with the smaller ones?
You want big, they're weaker Sandy 1 & 2. Katrina was a 5 and smaller and moved more quickly. It had way more energy. Sandy just had the bad taste to hit the NYSE, but really it was fairly unremarkable and wouldn't have raised so much as an eyebrow if it hadn't hit NYC.
On the bright side it did destroy area and buildings Jersey Shore used for that horrible show which is to date the best argument for the existence of God.
Need Mercedes parts ?