The 140 - mph winds of that storm were excessively damaging and
such a hurricane does have the potential to make a repeat performance.
They looked for
such hurricanes in three different places: Tampa, because of its large population; Cairns, Australia, because it is in a cyclone - prone area and in the Southern Hemisphere; and the Persian Gulf, where no hurricane has ever been observed.
If we thus want to know whether Harvey is a «harbinger» for the future of Houston, the attribution question addressing the overall likelihood of a hurricane like Harvey to occur, which includes many variables other than temperature and sea level rise that interact, needs to be answered by carefully estimating the likelihood of
such hurricanes developing in a warming world as well as how much rain they bring.
Hurricane Secure accommodation included, so that people can find refuge should again
sweep such a hurricane over the country.
It was just such a blocking pattern that pushed Hurricane Sandy into the East Coast rather than out to sea,
where such hurricanes usually venture to dissipate over the Atlantic.
I have been informed that the myth that Hurricane Katrina was caused by global warming is still being taught in those schools and that
such hurricanes will get worse in the future.