Why Were There So Many Hurricanes in 2017?
@cmoneyspinner (9219)
Austin, Texas
October 17, 2017 12:28pm CST
Nobody will dispute that 2017 has been a crazy year for hurricanes! No doubt you have heard all kinds of explanations for WHY, with climate change and global warming being at the top of list for the most reasonable scientific explanation.
Well I heard an explanation the other day and I'm not sure if other people offered this as a reason, but it was the first I had ever heard it. I don't have enough understanding of the weather to say that the statement makes sense or doesn't make sense.
My husband said: “The reason 2017 was such a crazy year for hurricanes is because there was an eclipse.”
I never even associated the eclipse with the hurricanes. 
Eclipse = Crazy Hurricane Season. You decide.
Eclipse = Crazy Hurricane Season. You decide.
I've heard people ask why don't Hurricanes happen in the Pacific ocean? The answer is that they do they are just not called that. Actually they can be far...
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@cmoneyspinner (9219)
• Austin, Texas
17 Oct 17
What do you mean it's not over??!! Please! Say it ain't so! 
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@cmoneyspinner (9219)
• Austin, Texas
18 Oct 17
@Kandae11 - I hope they don't do too much more damage.
@Kandae11 (55035)
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17 Oct 17
@cmoneyspinner The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June to November 30. - however the most active months are August and September. A few dangerous October hurricanes in previous years include, Sandy, Matthew and Nicole. Some of the late November hurricanes were - Greta, kate, Michelle and Paloma.
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@youless (112497)
• Guangzhou, China
19 Oct 17
I don't know why. But of course it seems that the global warming makes the world weather much more weird. In fact this year we also have more typhoons. Luckily it didn't give a very bad effect on my city. However, it caused the deads in Macau.
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@youless (112497)
• Guangzhou, China
20 Oct 17
@cmoneyspinner I think typhoon and hurricanes are similar. They have different names and their born place are different and that's all. Basically they are both serious
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@cmoneyspinner (9219)
• Austin, Texas
19 Oct 17
Oh my! You just made me realize that I had not heard any news about disastrous weather in other parts of the world. I did hear India was experiencing a monsoon. But that's about it. Typhoons seem even scarier than hurricanes.
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@cmoneyspinner (9219)
• Austin, Texas
20 Oct 17
@youless - Thanks for clarifying. That's what I get for watching too many movies and TV shows. They make typhoons look way more dangerous. 
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@allen0187 (58582)
• Philippines
21 Oct 17
@cmoneyspinner thanks for the link. I'm open to reading what others have to say about climate change.
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@cmoneyspinner (9219)
• Austin, Texas
22 Oct 17
@allen0187 - As am I. Because clearly I can't take my husband's word for anything about the weather.
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@cmoneyspinner (9219)
• Austin, Texas
18 Oct 17
OK! Guess we know which camp you're in. I can only say that I have found a few who disagree and think these hurricanes are perfectly normal and have nothing to do with climate change.
https://globalvoices.org/2017/09/09/irma-a-meditation-on-hurricanes-and-the-bahamas/
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@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
17 Oct 17
That sounds funny too! What's the relation of eclipse with hurricanes?
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@cmoneyspinner (9219)
• Austin, Texas
19 Oct 17
@acelawrites - From The Bahamas to the Philippines. That's quite a stretch! I guess the beliefs about the eclipse are very widespread and have been circulating for a long time.
@cmoneyspinner (9219)
• Austin, Texas
18 Oct 17
My husband says he remembers old folks saying all kinds of strange things happen after an eclipse. He think the hurricanes must be one of those “strange things”.
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@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
19 Oct 17
@cmoneyspinner maybe, or can it be just coincidence? Old folks here in our country also have the same belief.
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@petatonicsca (7070)
• Japan
18 Oct 17
Nope, there are eclipses every year somewhere in the world. People are getting desperate to explain things but I think it's just the way nature works.
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@cmoneyspinner (9219)
• Austin, Texas
18 Oct 17
I believe most of the weather cycles are natural occurrences. But I also think mankind is screwing some things up and causing problems in the environment that we didn't use to have.
@petatonicsca (7070)
• Japan
18 Oct 17
@cmoneyspinner Well, now, we could talk about weather modification here. But since this was about the eclipse, I won't bring that up. Or pollution, etc., either!
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@cmoneyspinner (9219)
• Austin, Texas
18 Oct 17
@petatonicsca - For sure. A discussion of the weather could take off in many different directions. I wouldn't be qualified to engage in many of them and they would probably go way over my head.
@Whiteflash (137)
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17 Oct 17
Year is not over. Let's hope this year calms itself down. Seems the year is trying to end with a bang. Mankind has destroyed this planet, it's only fair that the planet destroys us back. Not a humane way to look at it, but think of the earth'so feelings. Lol. Sounds stupid, but put your 'eclipse' explanation in, and it doesn't sound crazy after all.
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@cmoneyspinner (9219)
• Austin, Texas
18 Oct 17
There's all this talk about moving to Mars. So like ... does Mars not have bad weather?
@Whiteflash (137)
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18 Oct 17
@cmoneyspinner well, only way to know for sure is to go to Mars for years to live.
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@RasmaSandra (79886)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
17 Oct 17
I have no idea but take a look at this link
Two massive and rare events occurring in the same week. That has certainly raised some eyebrows, and it's only natural to question wether or not there is some correlation between the two, or even if there are some strange cosmic forces at work in the unive
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@cmoneyspinner (9219)
• Austin, Texas
17 Oct 17
Thanks for the link. That's a funny article. I like the comment about the butterfly.
I like the comment about the butterfly.1 person likes this
@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
18 Oct 17
OR it could be like the new movie that's out called Geostorm @cmoneyspinner . Have you seen the commercials for the movie?
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@VivaLaDani13 (60794)
• Perth, Australia
11 Dec 18
@cmoneyspinner I found it really odd with how many hurricanes were going on during this time. And then how weird it was for people to be posting videos of the water from the ocean not being there anymore. I can't tell you I know the answer. And I can't tell you what I think. Many many years ago I would have been like "It's just the weather. It's just hurricane season." But who knows....Maybe JFK meant it when he said that they will one day be able to control the weather. I don't really know where I stand on all that like CERN? Or HAARP or whatever it was but wouldn't surprise me. Actually I'm so drained from this world with all it's evil I don't think anything surprises me anymore. I'm still angry and sad by things but not surprised. Feels like a pattern when certain things happen in this world.
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@Daljinder (23236)
• Bangalore, India
17 Oct 17
Hurricanes and the devastation left behind is no funny business but what is funny is the reasons people are coming up with. Nibiru is one of them Beware: the end of the world is near.
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@cmoneyspinner (9219)
• Austin, Texas
18 Oct 17
True. The damage done by hurricanes is no joke. But I've been hearing that "Nibiru" reason for about 50 years. Don't think it was called Niburi when I was growing up. But similar statements were made. I think I must not understand what the word "near" means. Half a century has passed me by already.
Added an information link in case somebody else was reading the discussion and want to know more.
Nibiru The legend of Nibiru, or Planet X (above and below, the hourglass of physical reality), is a myth brought forth to awaken human consciousness in end times. Nibiru, in Babylonian Astronomy translates to "Planet of Crossing" or "Point of Transition",
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@cmoneyspinner (9219)
• Austin, Texas
18 Oct 17
I'm sure it doesn't. But I'm not the one who needs persuading.
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