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Re:Expert predicts a major hurricane hitting Houston would b... by topkai22 on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @10:46AM (#24271849)
Hurricane season is getting worse with rising average temperaturs, in the sense that storm frequency is increasing, but its also getting "worse" because so many more people and more infrastructure has moved to the gulf of Mexico area in the last 30 years. For example, Greater Houston has more than doubled in size in that time period, while the US has only grown by a third.

Also, as others have noted, COVID is the only really abnormal thing going on- wildfires and hurricanes are annual occurrences. This year is worse than normal it looks like, but largely just part of life for the areas affected. The protests, associated riots and violence are more out of norm.

Re:Expert predicts a major hurricane hitting Houston would b... by blaser-waffle on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @03:29PM (#24275080)
Houston is the 4th largest city in the US, and is poised to overtake Chicago as the 3rd before too long.

So yeah, a big ole hurricane smashing the 3rd largest city in the US would be big.

Re:Expert predicts a major hurricane hitting Houston would b... by jupp0r on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @12:03PM (#24272723)
I don’t think storm frequency is increasing, but the intensity of storms.
Re:Expert predicts a major hurricane hitting Houston would b... by badrabbit on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @01:09PM (#24273530)
The water being hotter and lower air pressure contributes to bigger and slower storms. The land is also moee urbanized - nowherr for the water to go.