[BartSimpson]

This from the Associated Press.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/stor ... =131675918

Quote:

The Atlantic hurricane season ends Tuesday, going down as one of the busiest on record but blissfully sparing the U.S. coastline a major hurricane for a fifth straight year.

A few months ago the alarmists were preaching gloom and doom...

http://www.cpc.noaa.gov/products/outloo ... cane.shtml

Quote:

NOAA’s updated 2010 Atlantic Hurricane Season Outlook calls for a 90% chance of an above normal season. There is only a 10% chance of a near-normal season, and no expectation the season will be below normal. Therefore, 2010 is expected to become the eleventh above-normal season since 1995. See NOAA definitions of above-, near-, and below-normal seasons. The Atlantic hurricane region (or basin) includes the North Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea, and the Gulf of Mexico.

The atmospheric and oceanic conditions now in place over the tropical Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea are very conducive to hurricane formation, as was predicted in NOAA’s pre-season outlook issued in May. These conditions are expected to persist throughout the peak months (August-October) of the Atlantic hurricane season, in association with three climate factors; the tropical multi-decadal signal, La Niña, and very warm temperatures in the tropical Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea. In addition, dynamical model forecasts tropical cyclone activity continue to predict a very active season.

We estimate a 70% probability for each of the following seasonal (June-November) ranges of activity during 2010. These ranges are consistent with NOAA’s May outlook, and reiterate a high likelihood of a very active season (i.e. hyperactive, defined by ACE > 175% of median), perhaps one of the more active on record.

14-20 Named Storms,
8-12 Hurricanes
4-6 Major Hurricanes
An ACE range of 170%-260% of the median.

What actually took place?

19 named storms. 12 actual hurricanes. And nothing over a category 3 the whole season.

But just wait...next year will be the END OF THE WORLD!!!

[sandorski]

Wait a second, did you miss this, "The Atlantic hurricane season ends Tuesday, going down as one of the busiest on record "

Seems like they were right, the only difference here is that the US itself wasn't hit. There's a big World outside the US Borders, srsly.