I have been talking to a local meteorologist. He said most meteorologist do not think Global Warming is causing an increased intensity of hurricanes. He said it is based on a 30 to 40 year cycle that we go through.

This cycle actually started around 1995. We saw an increased amount of hurricanes that year and the years that have followed. At first, the storms have been out over the Atlantic, but each year they have shifted closer and closer to the US, and now they are upon us. You can see this by looking at the hurricane path maps over the last 11 years.

He said that there are several factors that cause this cycle.

The Atlantic Ocean is Salter than the Pacific. Being saltier, it gets warmer. Part of the reason for this is the ocean currents. He explained this cycle really well and I wish I could remember it all. As the Atlantic gets saltier, it eventually cools and the cycle ends (Or starts to repeat itself) I’ll try to did up this interesting data.

He also said that El Nino and La Nina are part of this cycle.

Here is some data I dug up

More here in this older article. I had to go through Google because I couldn’t bring up the original link.

Disclaimer: We are not saying there is no Global Warming, just that it is not what is causing the increase of hurricanes. The increase in hurricanes is a natural cycle based on the Atlantic Ocean’s salinity, the ocean currents and El Nino & La Nina.