We are now in June, which is the start of an often-newsworthy period: hurricane season.Recently, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released its annual start-of-season forecast. This year, forecasters predict a below-normal Atlantic hurricane season, with one to three major hurricanes and up to 14 named storms in total. That does not mean you don’t have to brace for potential storms. If you live in a place that gets hit by hurricanes or even the remnants of them, don’t wait to prepare. Have an evacuation plan, as any season can spawn a storm that can strike our coasts.Many transplants to Florida are under the impression that recent years’ relatively high hurricane activity is unprecedented. Nothing could be further from the truth. What was truly exceptional for Florida was the hurricane drought that lasted from 2005 to 2015, during which zero hurricanes made landfall in what is normally one of the most active hurricane states in the country.
THE CLIMATE CHANGE HOUSE OF CARDS IS FINALLY COLLAPSING
Residents can’t really be blamed for feeling like active seasons are particularly common now (even though data show they are not). The legacy media have made a point of connecting every single hurricane to supposed human-caused climate change, as if raising our taxes and making us drive electric vehicles will make the Atlantic stop generating cyclones. That’s obviously absurd if you think about it, but it hasn’t stopped them. There is a real question this year as to how hard the media will push the climate angle if and when a storm does occur, especially if it makes landfall.
