Hurricanes

by Judith Curry
Final installment in my series on hurricanes and climate change.

by Judith Curry
An assessment of whether any of the impacts of recent  U.S. landfalling hurricanes were exacerbated by global warming.

6. Attribution: Recent U.S. landfalling hurricanes
During the past decade, the following continental U.S. landfalling hurricanes rank in the top 5 historical hurricanes in terms of damage:

by Judith Curry
Part III: is there any signal of global warming in landfalling hurricanes and their impacts?

by Judith Curry
Part II:  what causes variations and changes in hurricane activity?

by Judith Curry
I am preparing a new Special Report on Hurricanes and Climate Change.

Low ratings, record sales and comedy quicksand + this day in history w/the Great New England Hurricane and our song of the day by St. Paul & The Broken Bones on your Morning Monarchy for September 21, 2018.

As the flooding from Hurricane Florence dissipates, North Carolina residents could face significant public-health and environmental crisis after at least 17 animal waste pits, coal ash facilities, and human sewage plants across the state released millions of gallons of toxic liquid into nearby communities.

by Judith Curry
“Impending massive hurricanes bring the best out of weather twitter and the worst out of climate twitter” – Joseph Maykut

Killer cops, socialist construction and administration alerts + this day in history w/the Chelsea/Seaside bombings and our song of the day by Sick Of It All on your Morning Monarchy for September 17, 2018.

From January 28 to February 7th my wife and I were in Vieques, Puerto Rico, helping as best we could with recovery from Hurricane Maria, which hit on September 20th, almost five months ago.  Help is very much still needed. I don’t think I realized how much that is true until I got home to New Jersey and experienced all of the things I didn’t experience during those 10 days: