09-18-2017, 01:15 PM
(09-07-2017, 06:55 PM)chuck white Wrote:Quote:The U.S. has never been hit, since we started collecting records in 1851, by two Category 4 or stronger hurricanes in the same season,” said Jeff Masters, a meteorologist and co-founder of Weather Underground. “If Irma follows the current National Hurricane Center projection, that will happen.”
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/firs...tting-u-s/
Looks like 2017, will break the record for, number of Category 4 hurricanes (or greater) in a season.
The current record is one, so it could easily double the record.
I think there are three in the Atlantic as we speak.