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lasted to global warming, how did we have
19 storms that we know of in 1887 and 21
storms in 1933?" Hasling asks. "We did not
have satellites in those years, so there were
probably more storms at these times.
"We don't have much data on storms
until the 1940s, so we don't know if earlier
storms were as intense or more intense
than the ones we're getting today," she says.
Hurricanes are one type of tropical
cyclone. Tropical cyclones are defined
as storm systems with closed circulation
around a center of low pressure, fueled by
the heat released when moist air rises and
condenses.
Tropical cyclones occur throughout the
world, although atmospheric conditions
make them rare in the southern Atlantic
Ocean. In the Pacific Ocean region they are
referred to as typhoons, and they are gen-(Top), Hurricane
Camille takes
aim at Louisiana
and Mississippi
in August
1969. (Bottom)
Hurricane
damage in the
Corpus Christi
area following
Hurricane Celia in
August 1970.
Photos courtesy
National Oceanic
and Atmospheric
Administration
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-- -"Major hurricane activity in the Gulf
of Mexico should decrease from 2011 to
2021 because the storms will go up along
the East Coast," she said. "There will be
a few in the Gulf of Mexico, but not as
many an average of two per year."
Hasling is at a loss to explain the trend,
but she quickly dismisses the idea that
global warming is responsible for the cycle,
last year's record season or hurricane for-
mation in general.
"If the number of tropical storms is re-erally more powerful than
hurricanes the name
given to tropical cyclones
in the North Atlantic
Ocean. In the Indian
Ocean, these storms are
called tropical cyclones,
or just cyclones. Austra-
lians, in their inimitable
style, refer to a tropical
cyclone as a "willy-willy."
Several of 2005's
record storms baffled
scientists by defying some
accepted norms of hurri-
cane behavior. According
to the National Hurri-cane Center's final reports on these storms,
Hurricane Vince formed farther northeast
in the Atlantic than any other tropical
cyclone on record, and then unexpectedly
reached hurricane strength over waters
considered too cold to support a hurricane.
Hurricane Wilma became one of the fast-
est-intensifying hurricanes on record, and
later strengthened unexpectedly in the face
of strong wind shear. Tropical Storm Del-
ta, Hurricane Epsilon and Tropical Storm4 Winter 2007
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