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To: FHM who wrote (10649)	7/11/2005 10:01:26 PM
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<<NEW ERA Gray believes that until last year, the United States had been very lucky over the past four decades in witnessing very few major hurricanes making landfall in Florida and along the East Coast. “The 2004 hurricane season was an unusual year, and residents along the East Coast should not expect the high number of landfalling major hurricanes or the unprecedented level of destruction to be the norm for this or future years,” said Gray. “However, as last year made entirely too clear, citizens along the eastern seaboard should always be prepared for landfalling hurricanes.” The last 10 years have witnessed 137 named storms, 77 hurricanes and 38 major hurricanes in the Atlantic basin. During that period, including 2004 when three major hurricanes made landfall, only six of the 38 major Atlantic basin hurricanes crossed the U.S. coastline. Based on historical averages, about one in three major hurricanes comes ashore in the United States. “Over the last four decades the United States is still well behind the longer-term century average,” said Gray. The storm seasons spanning 1995-2004 comprise the most active 10 consecutive hurricane years on record, and the Colorado State team believes that 2005 will follow this active trend. The forecasters believe that the United States is in a new, multi-decadal era for increased storm activity. “We think that the United States has entered a new era of enhanced major hurricane activity reflective of the high activity during eight of the last 10 years,” said Klotzbach. “We expect this active tropical cyclone era to continue this year and to span the next two or three decades.”>> hurricaneprotectionmag.com