Actually, once again, the historical data is not being reported. Hurricane Irma was overhyped:
400 miles across was not the “biggest storm ever” as the media was saying. Katrina was 415 miles across. Irene was 600 miles across. Sandy was 1,000 miles across. This report is from the Huffington post (a liberal source) in 2012:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/30/hurricane-sandy-largest-hurricane_n_2045163.html
It seems to me after a long period of no major hurricanes since 2005, the global warming media is tripping all over itself to finally have some “global warming disaster” they can point to to justify their agenda.
I’ve also read on climatedepot.com that the ocean temperature was not higher than normal. In fact, the hurricane blew up into a Cat 4-5 where the ocean temps were 2 degrees lower than usual, but the hurricane formation was facilitated by the lack of atmospheric shear.
So both of the perceptions that people have as a result of watching mainstream media are either wrong: (400 miles being the largest) or debatable: (ocean water temps vs. lack of atmospheric shear).
http://www.9news.com/weather/is-irma-the-strongest-hurricane-ever-or-not/471603281
You’re very fortunate not to be henpecked and kicked off the thread over posting that. The weather-involved do not like “down-casting.”