Will recent "Super" storms lead to seasons of superstorms?

Michael H. Glantz, L. M. Cavanaugh, R. E. Morss, E. Gruntfest, J. Tribbia

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Abstract

Up to the present, there is no accepted definition of what might constitute a superstorm. Superstorms as determined by objective science-based indicators have likely always been around in warm-climate epochs and in cold ones as well. At present, two things are evident. First, increased, competing media attention on a 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year basis to attract viewers, is resulting to the need to label meteorological phenomena as "super" wherever the possibility arises. Second, there is an apparent increase in the intensity or destructive nature of extreme events. Furthermore, there is a desire by forecasters to play to the audience as well as the media by noting that "this is the worst rainstorm in 7 years" or the "strongest winds in 4 years".

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1173-1174
Number of pages2
JournalBulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Volume87
Issue number9
StatePublished - Sep 2006

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