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To: Broken_Clock who wrote (1391427)2/15/2023 2:00:43 PM
From: Wharf Rat  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1583682
 
"if you could produce records going back a 1,000 years or so."
A most excellent way to pretend that nothing's happening. Have you thought of asking the Native Hawaiians if there's any mention of big storms in their oral lore?

"Frequency of Cat 5 hurricanes would be one possible gauge"
Are hurricanes getting stronger?
The authors of that same 2013 study found a substantial regional and global increase in the proportion of the strongest hurricanes – category 4 and 5 storms. The authors attribute that increase to global heating of the climate: “We conclude that since 1975 there has been a substantial and observable regional and global increase in the proportion of Cat 4-5 hurricanes of 25-30 percent per °C of anthropogenic (human-caused) global warming.”

Interestingly, the increase in those most powerful of storms is balanced by a similar decrease in category 1 and category 2 hurricanes. The authors put forth this intriguing theory: “We suggest that this [balance] arises from the capped nature of tropical cyclones to a maximum value defined by the potential intensity, which increases only slightly with global warming.”

yaleclimateconnections.org