Were there any Huricanes at all this season in the U.S.

Joeslogic · Nov 28, 2006

One in Six Americans Could be Directly Impacted by 2006 Hurricane Season

STATE COLLEGE, PA, May 15, 2006-The AccuWeather.com Hurricane Center, led by Chief Forecaster Joe Bastardi, today released its 2006 hurricane season forecast. An active hurricane season appears imminent, which could have major repercussions for the U.S. economy and the one in six Americans who live on the Eastern Seaboard or along the western Gulf of Mexico.

For the 2006 Hurricane Season-which traditionally runs from June 1 through November 30-Bastardi and his team are forecasting that six tropical cyclones will make landfall in the U.S. Five of these landfalling storms are likely to be hurricanes, with three being major hurricanes of Category 3 or greater.

"The 2006 season will be a creeping threat," said Bastardi. "Early in the season-June and July-the Texas Gulf Coast faces the highest likelihood of a hurricane strike, possibly putting Gulf energy production in the line of fire. As early as July, and through much of the rest of the season, the highest level of risk shifts to the Carolinas. From mid-August into early October, the window is open for hurricane strikes to spread northward to the more densely populated Northeast coast. At the very end of the season, southern Florida also faces significant hurricane risk."

"There are few areas of the U.S. East Coast and Gulf of Mexico that will not be in the bull's eye at some point this season," said Ken Reeves, AccuWeather's Director of Forecast Operations. Ironically, though, the region that was hammered the hardest last year-the central and eastern Gulf Coast-has one of the lower probabilities of receiving another major hurricane strike in 2006."
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East Coast a Major Threat Area for 2006 Hurricane Season Factors and Information

Conclusions:
The initial forecast is for six landfalling tropical cyclones. Of these six, there will be three major hurricane hits this year on the United States coast, two hurricanes of Category 2 or less and one tropical storm. AccuWeather.com forecasts two areas of prime concern during the upcoming hurricane season -- the Carolinas northward at the heart of the season and the western Gulf Coast earlier in the season. In the cycle we saw in the 1930s and 1940s, the increase in late-season activity meant that southwest Florida needed to be concerned about landfalls during the second half of October and early November. We believe this area should also be on notice late this season. Where we are in the decadal cycle, the influence of the cycle we have identified within this decadal cycle, and significantly warmer-than-normal northwestern Atlantic waters, all contribute to the increasing threat of a hurricane of the magnitude of 1938, 1944, and 1954 -- perhaps even stronger. This current cycle of above-normal Atlantic basin activity has so far spared the Northeast, especially New England. However, we are entering a stage where one or two major Northeast hurricanes are of great concern within the next 10 years and, this year, the ingredients look ominous.
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BY THE NUMBERS

9: The number of named storms this year

17: The number of named storms predicted May 31 by a team at Colorado State University led by Professor William Gray

45 mph: The wind speed when Tropical Storm Alberto hit the Florida Panhandle near Adams Beach on June 13, the strongest winds over Florida all season

56 percent: The average homeowner rate increase Citizens Property Insurance Corp. requested even after no hurricanes struck Florida

27 percent: The Citizens rate increase approved to start Jan. 1

$100 million: Estimated damage in the United States from Tropical Storm Ernesto

0: The number of storms that formed in October, the first time since 2002 that no storms formed that month. Also, no Category 4 or 5 storms formed this year for the first time since 1997.
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AccuWeather.com Warns That "Weather Disaster of Historic Proportions" Could Strike as Early as This Year

"The Northeast is staring down the barrel of a gun," said Joe Bastardi, Chief Forecaster of the AccuWeather.com Hurricane Center. "The Northeast coast is long overdue for a powerful hurricane, and with the weather patterns and hydrology we're seeing in the oceans, the likelihood of a major hurricane making landfall in the Northeast is not a question of if but when."
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ucicare · Nov 28, 2006

You mean I can go back outside? The sky is not really falling?

Joeslogic · Nov 28, 2006

The sad part is I think the environmental alarmist actually see that there is doubt regarding their theory but reasonably do look at the issue from the perspective of better safe then sorry and then tout the worst case scenario.

The real ship of fools in all of this are the uninformed that get their ideals from watching cartoons like this years sequel cartoon to “Ice Age” and let their ideals be molded by emotional propagandists.

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