We've had Bertha drifting around out in the Atlantic for so long now that it is almost a relief to see that Bermuda is now under a hurricane watch and therefore and end is in sight. Bertha has lost most of her teeth however with the days whirling about over open and colder ocean, so Bermuda should come through this fine.
94L, The tropical wave that seems to be wanting to organize out there in the Atlantic early in its life and relatively early in the season, bears a little watching now. It is becoming a candidate for a tropical depression and further development will make it into a storm. This may be the first storm of the season that will reach the Caribbean Basin. I never trust them if they declare themselves so early
Just a general comment .. I've been having a sense that over the world natural disasters are beginning to become more frequent but then doubted myself .. thinking that it may only be better reporting or that I may be more vigilant and noticing more. But now a
Reuters report caught my attention this morning reporting this self-same thing. Natural disasters are becoming more frequent. Oxfam said in 2007 that
natural disasters quadrupled over the past 20 years.
There still is no definitive link between increase in hurricane activity and climate change but many scientists are looking into this thing to figure out what the real story is.