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"There has been much alarm about last year being a “record Atlantic hurricane season”. ... the claim was based on the number of named tropical storms, which includes both hurricanes and weaker storms. The number of Atlantic hurricanes alone was not a record.
Because of ... the ability of (modern) satellites to spot them (weaker storms), the claim was always a spurious one.
... Accumulated Cyclone Energy (ACE) data available for the year = the claim is proven to be ... deceitful.
... ACE is a measurement of the intensity of the intensity and duration of Tropical Storms and Cyclones. [Tropical Cyclone is a generic name for storms which are called hurricanes in the Atlantic and typhoons in the W Pacific]."
The lie:
The truth:
