Hurricanes and Global Warming

Every time there are disturbances in the weather, we inevitably start hearing the chorus of environmental alarmists whining about how this is all caused by global warming and that its all Bush's fault for abandoning Kyoto. And once again, with the third large hurricane approaching Florida we are starting to hear the familiar refrains. But if one actually looks at the science behind it, it turns out that neither the magnitude nor the frequency of hurricanes has increased over the last century. In fact, it has been exactly the opposite.