How do you think the warmer temperatures will alter this Hurricane Season.?

Question

We got an early start this year in the Atlantic and the Pacific. Will we have another Katrina disaster? As a Floridian I fear that my home, work, environment will be distroyed. Will the building codes stand up against a hurricane that is altered by the new climate? What if a Katrina were to hit Washington D.C. ? Is that what it would take for the federal govenment to take this issue seriously?

Answer 1

yes...maybe...yes it will ...Washington DC...it would be a disaster

Answer 2

Why does it NOT surprise me to see that people draw a connection between Global Warming, hurricanes, and the disaster in New Orleans. Hate to spread a little truth here, but Katrina missed New Orleans. Local talk radio calls the morning after Katrina were making fun of all the forecasters who exaggerated claims and the ridiculousness of the evacuation order, all pretty much talking about how New Orleans "dodged a bullet". That is, until the levees broke...

The true disaster of Katrina is the tale of greed and local government corruption. New Orleans has always been subject to flooding. People didn't live on the flood plains - or not long, at least. That is, until they started pumping water out and building levees to hold back Nature. Then the local government and land speculators came in to move the city's poorest and least educated to the most dangerous part of the city.

So, how is it that environmentalists that want to fight global warming are the same ones who want to defy nature and once again hold the poor and uneducated captive below sea-level? And consume billions of dollars in resources and energy - when the message from Nature is abundantly clear? Hard to reconcile - or is it a sign of people who believe that man has more power over the Earth than he actually does?

Answer 3

So many answers so far have been claiming doomsday, that hurricanes strikes increased, that is simply not true, you notice none of them cited sources.

Here is the actual data:
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/pastdec.shtml
This is the record of number of US hurricanes per decade. Its not interpreted data, its not a conservative site, the numbers are cold hard facts.

You will notice that the average number of hurricanes is 17.7 per decade, now take a look at 1991-2000 the total number of storms was 14, less than average.
The most recent decade is also less than average in terms of storm intensity.

This claim that hurricanes are increasing in number and intensity is garbage, it is a lie, the actual numbers show the opposite, that storms were less in number and intensity during the last decade.

Hurricane Katrina was not a particularly bad storm, there have been much worse. It caused so much damage for two reasons: The government was ill prepared to deal with a natural disaster, and where it hit. New Orleans is quite possibly the worst place to build a city, it is under sea level, meaning any major storm could cause catastrophic problems like we saw.

Answer 4

The abnormally high temperatures seem to be a perfect precursor of a bad hurricane season, and yes, it is possible that there will be another Katrina disaster. Perhaps it will take a bad hurricane to hit D.C. to get them to actually do something. The problem is that issues about the environment are usually pushed to the back burner. That's why we, as normal citizens, need to push the issues even harder.

Answer 5

Clearly, the hurricane season will get worse as global warming progresses. One of the chief problems for all weather forecasts will be that weather gets more unpredictable. Building codes in coastal areas will have to be strengthened to withstand increasingly strong storms.

If Katrina were to hit Washington, expect the government to set up shop inland and, for all the politcally important people, this will represent only a minor inconvenience. They, at least, will be safe. As for the ordinary citizens in Washington, expect them to be left to suffer and die because the federal government will abandon them, especially the minorities, the same way it abandoned the people of New Orleans. And, it will surprise no one, when the redneck, kneejerk fascists and aristocrats in power actually suggest NOT rebuilding the city. Our government is firmly in the pocket of corporate interests and it will NOT address global warming in a meaningful way until its corporate overlords demand that it do so.

Answer 6

Clearly, the global warming alarmists want to convince people that humans are responsible for all huricanes and for any increasing trend. As Yankee pointed out, there is no evidence for this. Hurricane numbers are cyclical and we may soon be on a trend of increasing numbers. I say this since we were obviously on a low point. Interestingly, last year had very few hurricanes in spite of the predictions. They can pretend that CO2 is going to cause all this but there is far more emotion than science behind these conclusions. Don't blame my CO2 emissions for you chosing to live in Florida where you are exposed to hurricanes and I won't blame you for the next earthquake here in California.

Answer 7

Trevors' answers are interesting....if you go to the National Hurricane Center's web site : www.nhc.noaa.gov, you will see the most hurricanes per decade was the 1950s to 1960s and there is no "increase of 50% in strength"

and if you hunt up Dr Wlliam Grey's web site at the Univ of Colorado, you will find that this #1 hurricane forecaster is risking being excommunicated by stating clearly that there is NO correlation between 'global warming' and number and intensity of hurricanes......

Answer 8

Well: according to " Prevent Desasters we'd have
American Red Cross Organization that save lives in case
of Emergency also it's very important towards knowing
C.P.R today & yes I am Certifide person by passing their
Written test about Earth Quake Safety Prepairness and other types services like Radio ,Flash lights First Aid Kits
Blankets , plenty of Foods plus Clean Fresh Water "

Answer 9

Need to look at the building code in Guam as I went to they NASA station there because they had a Typhoon with winds of 200 mph. I spent about 6 weeks there working on cable connections and just as we were leaving we had a earthquake of 7.2 . There was a little damage. There is no solution to building below sea level.

Answer 10

Things we know: Hurricanes have increased in intensity by 50% in the last 30 years, they've increased in number by 80%.

Things we think we know: Global warming leading to climate change is one of the factors.

Things we don't know: The exact role that global warming plays in the increased number and intensity of storms.

Things that make sense: Warmer oceans and atmosphere are more condusive to the spawning of hurricanes, tornadoes etc.

Things that don't make sense: There has been a small rise in ocean and air temps but a large rise in the number of storms.

Things we expect to see: More storms, a longer storm season, storms affecting a wider area.

Things we need to do: More research before drawing conclusions.

Answer 11

They take the issue seriously. They just don't care about you. You can believe they are all taking measure to secure and aid themselves. As for hurricane season, I love a good natural disaster. It warms my environmental eco hart.