It's a very important message to get out because this is a long-term trend, and it's not going to go away. The cross-your-fingers, close-your-eyes and hope-for-the-best strategy that we used for [Hurricane] Katrina isn't good enough. We need to assess the risk and figure out how to manage it. |
Last fall you heard a lot about other factors, like wind shear, that are also at play. But this study nails down the connection between sea surface temperature and the trend toward hurricane intensity. |
We're in for another bad year from everything we can see at this point. |