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3 Category 4 Hurricanes Develop In the Pacific At Once For the First Time

Kristine Lofgren writes: For the first time in recorded history, three Category 4 hurricanes were seen in the Pacific Ocean at the same time. Climatologists have been warning that climate change may produce more extreme weather situations, and this may be a peek at the future to come. Eric Blake, a specialist with the National Hurricane Center summed it up with a tweet: "Historic central/eastern Pacific outbreak- 3 major hurricanes at once for the first time on record!"

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  1. Douchebag Editors by MyAlternateID · · Score: 5, Informative

    Climatologists have been warning that climate change may produce more extreme weather situations, and this may be a peak at the future to come.
    So ... this may be the top of a mountain at the future to come? What a bunch of wankers. If any one of us were this incompetent at our jobs, we'd be fired. Some "editors" we have here.

    1. Re:Douchebag Editors by Flavianoep · · Score: 3, Informative

      No, I did not understand until I read the comments. I am not a native English speaker, and the GP's rant served to me as a hint that something was wrong. By the way, one should not have to look into the context to distinguish 'peek' from 'peak', since there is a convention to separate those too words in spelling.

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