Every year the government forecasts what the upcoming hurricane season will be like, and every year emergency-planning and response agencies from Texas to Maine hardly notice. According
to the NOAA,
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Atlantic storm season could produce as many as 14 hurricanes this year, the U.S. government's top climate agency predicted on Thursday, setting the scene for potentially the most intense season since 2005.
In its first forecast for the storm season that begins next Tuesday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) forecast 14 to 23 named storms, with 8 to 14 developing into hurricanes, making it one of the most active ever.
The thing is that these forecasts are of
no use at all. One good reason is that the
number of hurricanes per year is random. Click the link for charts and such.
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