Pirate's Cove

What really caught my attention was the 2nd bullet point in this piece entitled

Will climate change bring more major hurricane landfalls to the U.S.?

Well, obviously the cultists will say yes. Let’s look at the “in brief”

• The strongest hurricanes are likely to grow stronger as a result of climate change.
• So far, there has been no significant increase or decrease in the number of major hurricanes making landfall in the United States.
• However, it’s likely that there has been an increase in the number of major hurricanes in the Atlantic as a whole since 1946.
• Also, the intensity of landfalling continental U.S. hurricanes has increased, so even if the total number of landfalls has not increased, their potential to do damage has.
• When major hurricanes do hit, they will do more damage than they did in the past: They will be stronger, wetter, and bring higher storm tides because of sea level rise.
• Expect to see more periods of major U.S. landfall activity in the future, but also gaps when no major landfalls occur.

So, no change in major landfalling (there has been no real change in minor or tropical storms, as well), but, hey, intensity has changed! Because we say so! And they’re going to get worse! We promise! And there will be more in future! Except when there aren’t!

And, remember, this is all your fault.