Including two major hurricanes.
Zero hurricanes have hit the US since 2008. You can say the climate is more extreme now, but you would be lying if you did.
1886 Jun TX, N2; LA, 2 2 973 85 ----- 1886 Jun FL, NW2; I-GA, 1 2 973 85 ----- 1886 Jun FL, NW2; I-GA, 1 2 973 85 ----- 1886 Jul FL, NW1 1 985 70 ----- 1886 Aug TX, C4 4 925 135 "Indianola" 1886 Sep # TX, S1, C1 1 973 80 ----- 1886 Oct LA, 3; TX, N2 3 955 105 ----- http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/hurdat/ushurrlist18512009.txt
Steve, there is nothing special about the USA 😉
Except when I visit of course…….
Other than having the best weather records in the world and the lions share of the world’s hurricanes. How are Marge, Lisa and Bart doing?
Three landfalling hurricanes in June are really remarkable. If my memory is correct, two of those hurricanes hit around the Tallahassee area only a few days apart. I believe that there has only been one landfalling hurricane in that same area over the last 40 years.
Question for AGW doomsayers that wonder what the point is of these historical flashbacks …
What would you be writing in your blogs today if this story occurred now in 2011?
C’mon, be honest.