There is never a "new normal" in a crisis. I reject the idea that anyone has to accept a new normal when the standard normal is being disposed of for a radical idea of accepting tragedy within our lives when so much needs to be done.
There is no new normal in a climate crisis. There is only recognition that there are drastically troubling times that require human resolve to live with a planet where life exists under an atmosphere that protects that life.
This reach for a new normal in predicting weather only proves the Earth is badly out of balance and the climate crisis is in full swing. There is no reason to deny the huge problem of the climate crisis and begin work to reverse its deadly trend. I firmly stand on the facts that a hurricane season is supposed to be contained on a calendar and not strewn throughout it.
By Mark Puleo
There are fewer than 100 days (click here) until the 2021 Atlantic basin hurricane season begins and you may be asking yourself, "Wait, didn't the last season just end?"
While 2020 didn't spawn the longest-lasting period of tropical activity on record for the Atlantic basin, although it was close, it was most certainly the most active season overall. With 30 total named storms, including three that developed before the official start of hurricane season on June 1, the 2020 Atlantic season shattered the record for the most named tropical cyclones in a single year, breaking the previous record set in 2005.
While that could be an outlier in historical data, recently published data suggests that what is considered a "normal" amount of storm activity in the Atlantic basin may need redefining.
Brian McNoldy, a senior research associate with the University of Miami, published the data on Twitter, where he said "the bar has been raised" for what can be expected in the new normal. Not only is the count of named storms rising, but the annual average numbers of hurricanes and major hurricanes, considered Category 3 strength or stronger, are also on the rise....
