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Hurricanes and Global Warming

It was reported that Katrina was highly unusal for a combination of high intensity and large size.
I would like to see Katrina ranked with hurricanes of the past according to size and total power. For example, Katrina's size could be represented by the amount of land area (square miles) which experienced catgory 4 wind speeds. I would also like to see a scale that would include size and wind speed parameters, for ranking total power of hurricane for the U.S.

My guess is that Katrina and Andrew were the most powerful, combined wind speed and size, hurricanes to hit the U.S. of the last three centuries, or longer.

See comment #30 of: Hurricanes and Global Warming - Is There a Connection?
at:
www.realclimate.org/index.php
 
 

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