Adios, storm season

HOUSTON CHRONICLE ^ | 29 November 2010

[NautiNurse]

We count our blessings for a hurricane-free 2010

The turkey leftovers may be only a fond memory, but we're not done with Thanksgiving yet. Today marks the official end of the 2010 hurricane season, and that is cause for thanksgiving aplenty. The season just ending was unusually active, one of the three most active in recent years, the statisticians tell us, but the continental United States was spared. According to storm researcher Adam Lea of the University College London, 2010 was the first season since 1900 with 10 or more hurricanes in which none struck the United States.

[NautiNurse]

How the 2010 Atlantic Tropical Storm season stacked up:

• Alex was the first June hurricane in the Atlantic since 1995 and the first June Category 2 hurricane since 1966.
• Eleven named storms formed between Aug. 22 and Sept. 29. That was the most to form during this period, breaking the record of nine set in 1933, 1949, 1984 and 2002.
• Five tropical storms formed in October and all became hurricanes. That was only one fewer than the October record of six in 1870.
• For the third straight year, no hurricane reached Category 5 on the Saffir-Simpson scale, with top sustained winds of at least 155 mph.

[NautiNurse]

Best wishes for a beautiful Christmas season, and a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year!

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[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

Next year will be the one with repeated Atlantic Coastal Hurricanes, like they’ve been saying for 10 years now.

[abb]

OH!! MY!! GOD!!
WE ARE DOOOOOMED!!!
oh wait. wrong thread.

[hal ogen]

Why don’t the weather forecasters quit since they are almost always wrong in their dire predictions. Have they no integrity? Quit and admit your “science” is based on throwing darts at a map and guessing.

[houeto]

2010 was the first season since 1900 with 10 or more hurricanes in which none struck the United States.

Huh?

"On September 8, 1900, a hurricane struck Galveston. Winds estimated at 140 mph swept over the island, leaving devastation in their wake. After the storm surge of 15.7 feet subsided, Galvestonians left their shelters to find 6,000 of the city's 37,000 residents dead and more than 3,600 buildings totally destroyed."

[Elle Bee]

enjoy and God Bless you and yours and a Merry Christmas

Thanks once again for all of your good work through the silly season

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[fredhead]

WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE!!!! Just not this hurricane season. Stay tuned for next season, same Bat-time, same Bat-channel.

[DeaconRed]

I have mixed emotions. I live in Florida. I am a catastrophe adjuster. I haven't made any real money in over two years.
I am so broke I can't even pay attention.
However my house is OK. (Just can't pay for it).-

[NautiNurse]

Was just reading about the NOLA court proceedings for the police officers in Katrina’s aftermath. Tragically sad.

[NautiNurse]

2010 was the first season since 1900 with 10 or more hurricanes...

Not a problem. There were only three Atlantic hurricanes and four tropical storms in 1900.

[NautiNurse]

Thank you! All the best to you and yours too!

[Puckster]

Usually there is a study outlining the over all intensity of the season. Considering how many hurricanes had a short life and the over all low categories registered, it probably will be a low intensity year.

[NautiNurse]

This is drought season. Maybe some catastrophes will result in profitability for you.

[NautiNurse]

This year’s Accumulated Cyclone Energy (ACE) index was 163, putting it in 13th place for ACE since 1944. A “hyperactive” hurricane season is considered to have an ACE index of >175% of the median. According to Wikipedia, median ACE measured over the period 1951–2000 for the Atlantic basin was 87.5, so 2010 is a hyperactive year by that definition (183% of the median.)

[G Larry]

And what were the predictions of the global warming alarmists?

Talk about “the wind going out of their sails”....

[tiredoflaundry]

Thanks for all your hard work!!!!!!

[houeto]

Not a problem. There were only three Atlantic hurricanes and four tropical storms in 1900.

Thanks. More coffee please.

[NautiNurse]

The Globull Warming freaks are cheering. Lots of hurricanes this season. They just didn’t strike the U.S. mainland.

[NautiNurse]

It was another quiet year for my duties. Very few threats to U.S. interests. 2004 and 2005 were painful storm seasons.