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      Horrific
      Hurricane
      Season
      a
      Sign
      of
      Things
      to
      Come
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      In
      the
      past
      month
      and
      a
      half,
      the
      Atlantic
      coast-
     
     
      line
      has
      witnessed
      the
      worst
      hurricane
      season
     
     
      in
      recent
      memory.
      Over
      the
      late
      summer,
     
     
      Hurricanes
      Charlie
      and
      Francis
      proved
      to
      be
     
     
      two
      of
      the
      most
      powerful
      hurricanes
      on
      record.
     
     
      Hurricane
      Ivan
      ravaged
      the
      Carribean
      as
      well
     
     
      as
      Alabama
      and
      Florida
      just
      over
      a
      week
      ago
     
     
      and
      has
      been
      credited
      with
      well
      over
      one
      hun-
     
     
      dred
      deaths.
      Last
      week,
      four
      days
      after
     
     
      Hurricane
      Jeanne
      passed
      Haiti,
      floods
      caused
     
     
      by
      the
      storm
      killed
      close
      to
      700
      people.
     
     
      Humanitarian
      crises
      have
      been
      triggered
     
     
      throughout
      the
      Carribean,
      in
      the
      Cayman
     
     
      Islands,
      Jamaica,
      the
      Dominican
      Republic,
     
     
      Cuba,
      Grenada
      and
      Haiti.
      Damage
      caused
      by
     
    
   
   
    
     
      hurricanes
      in
      the
      last
      45
      days
      is
      in
      the
      tens
      of.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      billions
      of
      dollars.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      amount
      of
      devastation
      caused
      by
      hurri-
     
     
      canes
      this
      year
      is
      more
      than
      usual,
      but
      scien-
     
     
      tists
      warn
      that
      if
      global
      warming
      does
      not
      stop,
     
     
      the
      increased
      intensity
      of
      these
      viscous
      storms
     
     
      will
      become
      the
      norm.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Jose
      Etcheverry,
      a
      research
      analyst
      in
      the
     
     
      Climate
      Change
      Program
      of
      the
      David
      Suzuki
     
     
      Foundation,
      was
      guarded
      against
      declaring
      this
     
     
      year's
      nasty
      hurricane
      season
      a
      direct
      effect
      of
     
     
      global
      warming
      but
      suggested
      the
      last
      two
     
     
      months
      are
      "a
      synopsis
      of
      what
      the
      future
     
     
      holds
      if
      greenhouse
      gas
      emissions
      are
      not
     
     
      reduced."
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
     
      "We
      should
      consider
     
     
      this
      summer
      a
      call
      for
     
     
      action
      and
      take
      proper
      warning,”
      he
      added,
     
     
      warning
      that
      the
      expectation
      of
      the
      scientific
     
     
      community
      is
      that
      the
      severity
      of
      hurricanes
     
     
      will
      increase
      as
      their
      studies
      indicate
      the
      water
     
     
      temperature
      will
      rise.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Warm.
      waters
      provide
      the
      key
      ingredient
      for
     
     
      hurricanes
      to
      gain
      intensity.
      If
      the
      water
      tem-
     
     
      perature
      rises
      as
      Etcheverry
      predicts,
      hurri-
     
     
      canes
      will
      become
      more
      intense
      and
      there
      will
     
    
   
   
    
     
      also
      be
      increases
      in
      the
      period
      of
      time
      hurri-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      canes
      can
      keep
      their
      intensity.
      In
      general,
     
     
      global
      warming
      is
      expected
      to
      produce
      longer,
     
     
      more
      powerful
      hurricanes.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Local
      Implications
      —
     
    

    
     
      The
      consequences
      will
      not
      be
      limited
      to
      the
     
     
      southeastern
      US
      and
      Carribean.
      Maritimers
     
     
      may
      have
      to
      get
      used
      to
      seeing
      more
      hurri-
     
     
      canes
      in
      the
      future.
      Just
      last
      year,
      the
      people
      in
     
     
      the
      Maritimes
      were
      shocked
      as
      they
      were
      actu-
     
     
      ally
      hit
      by
      a
      full-fledged
      Category
      2
      hurricane
     
     
      which
      resulted
      in
      8
      deaths.
      Juan
      may
      not
      have
     
     
      been
      a
      fluke,
      but
      instead
      a
      sign
      of
      things
      to
     
     
      come.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      "Warmer
      water
      means
      that
      hurricanes
      will
      be
     
     
      able
      to
      maintain
      their
      strength
      further
      North,"
     
     
      explains
      Dr.
      Brian
      Wagner,
      the
      Chair
      of
      the
     
     
      UPEI
      Chemistry
      Department.
      He
      added
      that
      it
     
     
      is
      possible
      that
      the
      Maritimes
      could
      (cont.)
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      UPEI
      Cadre
      September
      28,
      2004
      page
      4