Scientists predict more major hurricanes than normal in 2020 season

Thu Apr 2 17:16:47 UTC 2020

And a comet too!

https://www.cnet.com/news/brightening-comet-atlas-could-soon-lift-your-gaze-and-spirits-just-a-little/

Mike

On 4/2/20 10:02 AM, Sean Donelan wrote:
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> How is ISPs hurricane response planning going?
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> https://thehill.com/homenews/news/490821-scientists-predict-more-major-hurricanes-than-normal-in-2020-season 
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> Meteorologists are forecasting a significant hurricane and tropical 
> storm season for the Atlantic coast in 2020, according to researchers 
> at Colorado State University.
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> According to the early projections, there is a 69 percent chance that 
> at least one major hurricane will make landfall along a U.S. coastline 
> in 2020, compared to a regular average of 52 percent that has been 
> reported over the last century.
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> "Two of the last three years have had major hurricane landfalls in the 
> U.S.," Miller said.
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> He added that before 2017, there was a 12-year drought without a 
> single major hurricane landfall in the country, from Hurricane Wilma 
> in 2005 to Hurricane Harvey in 2017.
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