Where are the Summer Hurricanes?

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<p>Of course I would be speaking too soon, but it seems like there have not been many major hurricanes this summer. I am used to seeing people in Florida boarding everything up by now and the oil rigs in the Gulf being abandoned. What has happened to mother nature this year? Or should i say global warming?</p>

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<p>Thankfully, and knock on wood, things have been quiet in the gulf so far. It’s not unusual, though for the storms to come later in the season - so I wouldn’t breathe a sigh of relief quite yet.</p>

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<p>The worst hurricane around here was in September but I’m thankful for a slow season. Usually I don’t mind a tropical storm brushing SC cause we need rain, but not this year. We’ve had record rain and ground is saturated. Any storm coming through now would cause worse-than-usual flooding.</p>

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<p>Hurricanes are bad…Florida doesn’t need a major hurricane. Hurricanes, stay out of Florida! Rain is ok, but we don’t need any storms causing major damage or loss of life.</p>

<p>[2013</a> Hurricane Season Will Be Unusually Active, But Less Than Previously Thought, Says NOAA](<a href=“HuffPost - Breaking News, U.S. and World News | HuffPost”>HuffPost - Breaking News, U.S. and World News | HuffPost)</p>

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<p>Growing up near the Gulf of Mexico, I typically think of the height of the hurricane season to be late August/early September. Seemed like just as we’d return to school every year, we’d start hearing about them.</p>

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<p>Ike was very devastating to Haiti and wreaked havoc through the Gulf, and hit Texas as a Cat 2 on Sept. 13, 2008. </p>

<p>Rita barreled through the chute past the tip of Florida, reaching a Cat 5 level, and weakening to hit the Texas coast, right at the Louisiana line as a Cat 3 on Sept. 24, 2005.</p>

<p>Katrina – INFAMOUS and devastating – reached land in Louisiana as a Cat 3 on August 29, 2005.</p>

<p>Dennis swept over Cuba, and final landed in the Florida panhandle as a Cat 3 on July 10, 2005.</p>

<p>Jeanne formed loops in the Atlantic, and finally hit the east coast of Florida as a major hurricane on September 25, 2004.</p>

<p>Ivan landed in Alabama on September 16, 2004 as a major hurricane with sustained winds of near 120 mph.</p>

<p>Frances hit the eastern coast of Florida September 5, 2004 as a Category 2.</p>

<p>Charley curved into the southwest coast of Florida and increased to a Cat 4 strength on August 13, 2004 and then proceeded to blow across North Carolina and Virginia.</p>

<p>Hurricane Isabel made landfall on September 18, 2003 in North Carolina, devastating regions of the northeast.</p>

<p>So for the last 10 years, 8 of the 9 major storms that made landfall along the US Gulf of Mexico and east coast have hit mid-August to September.</p>

<p>….just saying.</p>

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<p>I can almost guarantee this will be a quiet hurricane season: we just bought a portable generator. That means that we won’t need it. That’s just fine by me. </p>

<p>However there are hurricane seasons and then there are hurricane seasons. We tend to judge seasons by how many strong hurricanes hit the US, so that 6 cat 1’s that don’t make landfall don’t mean much compared to one cat 5 hitting Homestead Florida, while from a meteorological standpoint the 6 cat 1’s are the more active season. </p>

<p>Personally I won’t be happy until we’re into November, given that Sandy hit around Halloween.</p>

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<p>Oh razorsharp, now you’ve gone and done it! Time to batten down the hatches.</p>

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<p>“I can almost guarantee this will be a quiet hurricane season: we just bought a portable generator. That means that we won’t need it. That’s just fine by me.”</p>

<p>My cousin put in a whole house generator after Irene. And then there was Sandy.</p>

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<p>But Hayden bought a generator, I think we are safe!</p>

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<p>Altantic hurricanes are rare before August 1 and after November 1. The most active time is usually mid-August to late September, so we’re just starting to get into it now.</p>

<p>[This</a> Wunderground chart](<a href=“http://www.wunderground.com/hurricane/2009/peakofseason.jpg]This”>http://www.wunderground.com/hurricane/2009/peakofseason.jpg) displays the available data nicely.</p>

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<p>Still cleaning up from Sandy in my area so I will stick my fingers in my ears , lalalalala
Please mother nature, steer them clear of land this year please ?</p>

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<p>The hurricane season is predicted to be relatively quiet, with perhaps only 3 becoming Cat3 or higher. The reason is a flow of cooler water in the area where the storms breed. According to what I’ve read, the tropical Atlantic is warmer overall this year but cooler in the east part where storms form. That has to do with circulation patterns and that’s about as much as I know about this.</p>

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<p>We also bought a generator in the middle of Sandy, but it couldn’t be installed then. It is sitting quietly in a box in our garage. You are most assuredly safe from the dreaded hurricanes since we spent this $$$ on a generator. :)</p>