Reply #14: It's not that misleading

[Firespirit]

I don't think we have truly reliable data until the satellite/radar era. Comparing to 1900 would be a mistake. But I just ran a statistical analysis on the storm data from the past 70 years, and it's startling. The number of storms of 150 mph or greater for a 10-year period (1/1/1990 to 12/31/1999, as an example) has been skyrocketing. During the 1960s in the last active phase, the highest number of supertyphoon-intensity storms in any given 10-year period was 10. Now we're at 15 and climbing, and it'll surely be more by the end of the season. Something is happening to intensify the effects of the active phase.