Atlantic hurricane season

I found this to be somewhat misleading, nearly clickbaity:

Hurricanes hammer these US states most often - CNN

Text does reveal that coastline lengths modify the story a lot. Does not quite get to revealing that Florida landfalls per mile are between New York and Maryland, and thus quite far down the list.

But even that is not the most sensible measure. It could readily calculated from HURDAT. Actually has been by Columbia University CIESIN, although one can dispute whether wind speeds squared or cubed are the better measure. Plus a few other details.

Hurricane wind power dissipation per length of coastline, from Canada to Mexico.since 1851. I think it is very worthwhile knowledge. May have actually linked to the CIESIN map before.

My point is that sensible metrics are not necessarily harder to understand than 'gee whiz'.

 

coastline@224. This may not be a topic we ought to enter. Coastline measurement depends greatly on scale of measurement. It is a fractal thing. Florida could have much more than 8000 miles if one wanted to look closely enough.

For my divisors I took coastline lengths from a wiki page (you won't be surprised) that goes back to some sort of geodetic surveys. Most we can hope for is that those are done consistently. I believe that they are.

 

Our next two contestants are at latitude 35W and 23W.

 

Jose@227; northeast coastal interests should monitor this storm.

 

C'mon now, play nice, This is an apolitical anti-cyclonic thread.

 

For those keeping score at home, N Atl 2017 hurricane season is now
11 named storms
6 hurricanes
3 major hurricanes

and we are just past halftime.

 

Currently, Jose is looking like a 'miss', Lee may not build to hurricane strength, 15/Maria is on a troubling track for Puerto Rico and neighbors. Modeled tracks can change a lot.

 

Too soon for Florida to focus on Maria. Deal with current situation.

Houston is spraying moderate mosquito toxins:

Houston launches all-out assault to combat mosquitoes in wake of Harvey - CBS News

Which seems very sensible. Large events merit prompt responses. In a week or two, 'chemtrails' will come to Florida.

In both states, wide human exposure to poopy-water also merits attention.