A recent dispatch (“Atlantic hurricane season is so far lightest since 1983,” Page A10, Oct. 9) noted there have been only five named storms so far in the 2014 hurricane season. It might have been helpful to note that the weather experts predicted anywhere from 10 to 14 named storms.
There are still six weeks left in the season, so the gap could close. However, predictions about climate change and its dire effects always seem to get much more coverage than the actual outcomes.
Another dire prediction in the same paper says incidents from minor coastal flooding will triple in 15 years (“Flood events will triple in 15 years,” Page C2). I hope someone at the paper will set a reminder in the computer to report on those outcomes in 2030.
Even better would be reports every couple of years, because I don’t expect to be around to read the story in 2030 – if it’s ever written.
William Richards
Yarmouth
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