150 years of tropical storms mapped (+graphic)

[SloopJohnB 323]

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/ne ... d=10829187

[wheels 543]

Interesting. Just what it goes to prove I am not sure. I would love to see a graph that shows frequency over time. So that you could see if there is an increase/decrease in Storms and their intensity over the years.

[Battleship 100]

Just look below wheels, shows a big step up from the 70's onwards, not sure if that is just technology being able to detect them better or not, looks like there was a peak in 2004 then a decline.

[wheels 543]

Scroll down??? Doh! Oh looky, the info I wanted.

Not very accurate though and very interesting how technology improving reporting of storms has dramatically affected the numbers. Which is where I reckon a lot of the problem we have today is that so much more is reported with the result being that people think things are getting worse than they really are. It would be interesting to see those figures plotted against Sunspot cycles etc. Or even planet alignment maybe. Whatever, that kind of information could certainly show up some interesting influences.