(Yes, there have been more hurricanes this year than in most years...not clear if it's just a Poisson fluctuation, or symptomatic of deeper weather pattern changes.)

See September 95 Popular Science, article, "Hurricane Alert" in which the worlds leading hurricane scientist says that we're only just seeing the beginning of several years of large numbers of large hurricanes. Patrick _______________________________________________________________________ / These opinions are mine, and not Verity's (except by coincidence;). \ | (\ | | Patrick J. Horgan Verity Inc. \\ Have | | patrick@verity.com 1550 Plymouth Street \\ _ Sword | | Phone : (415)960-7600 Mountain View \\/ Will | | FAX : (415)960-7750 California 94303 _/\\ Travel | \___________________________________________________________\)__________/