# re: OK, how about this one then? [originally posted on CE by Johannes]
From site:
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N14677798.htm
"WASHINGTON, Sept 15 (Reuters) - The number of strong hurricanes -- like the devastating Katrina -- significantly increased in the last 35 years,"
I hate to say it but, several years ago I did say that hurricane intensity would increase.
From the same site:
"The warmer the sea surface, the greater amount of potential evaporation and the greater the fuel for a possible hurricane, Webster said. And even small rises in sea surface temperature can cause rapid rises in evaporation."
Evaporation will also increase if the atmospheric pressure becomes lower.
Johannes