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To: stockman_scott who wrote (2797)	8/31/2005 4:04:50 PM
From: CalculatedRisk	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 26002

"The general scientific consensus on climate change and hurricanes is this: Hurricanes won’t necessarily become more frequent, but they will become more intense. While ocean and atmospheric circulation is the engine of a hurricane, heat is the fuel. ‘In order to form, a hurricane must have ocean temperature of at least 80 degrees down to a depth of 164 feet,’ says [Ruth Curry, research specialist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute]. ‘Sea surface temperatures all over the tropics are running 1.8 to 3.6 degrees above normal. This is due to global warming.’ Thus, when other factors line up to form a storm, a warmer ocean means it will be all the more powerful and destructive." That is the key paragraph.