Convincing research shows that the number and strength of hurricanes is inversely proportional to the amount of high atmosphere dust over Africa. Changes in ocean temp had much less effect. The storms are born off the east coast of Africa and when dust levels are "normal", the dust blowing off the continent squelches them, seeds rainfall and dampens their energy or something (they didn't suggest the mechanism). During recent high activity, dust was dramatically lower and more storms survived and grew to hurricane strength. They didn't speculate what was modulating the millions of tons of dust normally suspended over the Sahara. Maybe global cooling is reducing dust storms which is increasing hurricanes. Kilroy Hughes TheoriesAreUS -----Original Message----- From: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Craig Birkmaier Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 5:05 AM To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [opendtv] Re: Off topic: Researchers uncover potent greenhouse gas At 6:46 PM -0400 10/28/08, Tom Barry wrote: >According to one Nature article the duration and strength of >hurricanes has increased by about 50% over the last thirty some years. Hmmmm... Could this have something to do with the normal cycle for Hurricanes, which lasts about 30 to 40 years? Could it have something to do with the fact that we can now track hurricanes from their formation until they reach landfall? In the previous peaks of the cycle - 1930s and 1960s - we only had short range reconnaissance aircraft ( not sure we were sending out aircraft in the '30s). And why did the number, size, and intensity suddenly decrease two years ago? Could it have something to do with the "unexpected" cooling of the oceans? Why is it that the media tends to forget about history and REAL recorded data? Regards Craig ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.