[Info-vax] [OT follow-up] Hurricane Sandy and hurricane frequency over time

[AEF]

I can't find the original thread, but perhaps starting a new one is better.

Way back some of you (JF, at least) said we were to have annual big hurricanes 
like Irene and Sandy on the East Coast. Well, where is this year's?!

We are through most of this year's North Atlantic hurricane season (see 
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/climo/ for the frequency plot vs day of year) and 
there's no big hurricane in sight. You can see on this plot (scroll down a bit 
to get to it) that hurricane season is pretty much over. The odds for hurricanes 
now are pretty slim. 

Yes, we might get more and bigger hurricanes in the future, but were not up to 
annual "Sandy's" yet.

(Wunderground's current "anniversary review" of Sandy can be found at 
http://classic.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=2566 )

Recall that 2004 and 2005 were very active years, but things have been very 
mellow since, except for Irene and Sandy. Back in 2005 or so people were saying 
"the sky is falling" type stuff. This is the new norm. Hi-frequency higher-
powered hurricanes. And what did we get? A lull. A big lull.

You can check hurricane archives for yourselves at 
http://classic.wunderground.com/hurricane/hurrarchive.asp or 

Here's the peak year, 2005:  http://classic.wunderground.com/hurricane/at2005.asp

>From there you can easily go forward or backward through the years.

AEF