Once again, as nearly every year, officials at NOAA and other agencies called for 2022 to be a "very active" hurricane season.  In its May 24 release, NOAA predicted "an "above-average hurricane activity this year — which would make it the seventh consecutive above-average hurricane season."  It's like the old joke that everyone's grandkid is "above average": for some reason, every hurricane season, the risk is now "above average."   I don't know how every … [Read more...]