Hurricanes

[UKCynic]

Not that I wish ill to any of you, but are there any theories as to why there haven't been any hurricanes this year?

[onecent]

1. It's Clinton's fault. (sarcasm)

[HereSince1628]

2. Mother nature is trying to tell us something?

:eyes:

I'd say something like a conjunction of meteorological events to prevent tropical lows from deep development, but it doesn't sound sufficiently new-age.

[eggbeater]

4. Maybe God doesn't hate the gays anymore?

I mean, since we heard from some rather powerful people in the country that it was Gods retribution for the evil ways of the U.S.......

Maybe God decided not to hate the gays and fornicators and to stop killing us off with hurricanes.

or maybe God just decided to sit back and see if we will all fall in line and follow the great religious fre,,, leaders that are in the know in respect to the plagues set forth for our un-holy actions.

[HereSince1628]

11. It does seem awfully un-natural, doesn't it???????

I mean that begs for some sort of explanation outside the realm of rational science, which is to say it absolutely shows an intelligent purpose holding back the ravages of the universe which proves the existance of the Mother Goddess...or Something...or not.

[Hubert Flottz]

3. Everything changed after 9/11!

It just took the hurricane season a little longer to change than the Constitution.

[aikoaiko]

5. The Rove weather machine is down for maintenance. :tinfoil:

:sarcasm:

[Toots]

6. I asked the same question a while back and the answers I received were

High winds way up causing extreme shear which doesn't allow the formulation of the hurricane. IOW they get blown apart before they can actually form. I admit I have no scientific knowledge on this matter so have to accept those that say they do and that is the answer I received by several supposed knowledgeable sources. :shrug:

[skids]

14. That's pretty much it...

The wind sheer on the NOAA maps has been brutal this year, if you are a hurricane. Having all these heat waves (which themselves have a cause somehow related to el nino/la nina) has set up a lot of really active upper level pressure fronts and sent the jet stream spraying helter skelter all over the Atlantic. The Pacific isn't so lucky because it's bigger and less nuanced.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch, though, as the winds could calm at any time and the water is still plenty warm. Remember last year we had a named storm start in December and continue into January.

[Malikshah]

7. Ask Bermuda... they might have an answer for you if they are

still around...

TD 7 has formed off of the Leeward Islands, but looks as if it will develop and head north...again toward Bermuda (or what's left of Bermuda after Hurricane Florence)

[malaise]

9. I was wondering

if the OP knew that Hurricane Florence was hitting Bermuda as we speak.

[Selatius]

8. There's evidence El Nino/La Nina could enhance hurricane seasons

I think there was a mild La Nina in the Pacific last year, and I think evidence suggests hurricane seasons are stronger during La Nina years.

[Toots]

10. Alaska is receiving the coldest wettest summer in history and they are

blaming it on La Nina. :shrug: No hurricanes up there though, I don't believe..

[Selatius]

16. La Nina/El Nino affects worldwide weather patterns

Its effects ripple across through much of the world. Very strong La Ninas and very strong El Ninos can cause temporary shifts in climate before reverting back to normal.

[Dr.Phool]

12. The Pacific Ocean is having a bumper crop of hurricanes this year.

So, they're still developing, just in a different area. And we tend to pay less attention to those.

[Toots]

13. When I was younger it was always told to me that the Atlantic had

hurricanes and the Pacific had Typhoons. I guess either that was not true or things changed after 9-11.

[LynneSin]

15. Whatever reason there seems to be less is ok in my book

But it only takes one to wreck Havoc and Wilma, which was one of the most intense Hurricanes to hit the Gulf, didn't even occur until mid-October

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Wilma