Pielke Jr on the "Record US Intense Hurricane Drought": "The fashionable talk these days of a "new normal" is of course utter bullsh*t. Just wait until we return to the "old normal""

Roger Pielke Jr.'s Blog: Record US Intense Hurricane Drought Continues

The long-term intense hurricane drought means that a mere "regression to the mean" will see more hurricane landfalls and considerably higher damage in the years to come. The fashionable talk these days of a "new normal" is of course utter bullsh*t. Just wait until we return to the "old normal" -- I know that it may be hard to believe, but both hurricane damage and climate hype are set to increase dramatically in the years to come.