Dazzling Map Shows More Than 150 Years Of Hurricanes

[n2doc]

A new map done up in glowing colors reveals the swirling paths hurricanes and tropical storms have tread across our planet since 1851.

If it looks a little odd at first, it's because this hurricane map offers a unique perspective of the Earth; Antarctica is smack in the middle, and the rest of the planet unfurls around it like the petals of a tulip.

The Americas are on the right, Asia is on the left; the storms plotted on the map grow brighter as their intensity increases.

The effect is not only informative — more than 150 years of hurricane data show that certain regions are consistently in the storms' crosshairs — but also arresting.

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http://www.livescience.com/22643-hurricane-map.html

[xxqqqzme]

1. That is amazing

I love stuff like this.
Thanks

[lastlib]

2. Interesting--seems to be a correlation....

...to underwater seismic/volcanic activity...


I wonder if anyone has ever investigated that?

[AlecBGreen]

3. very cool!

its interesting to see there are more (& stronger?) hurricanes around the US than east Asia. I would have thought the western pacific would have us beat hands down

[AlecBGreen]

4. link to full res

5000 x 3150 pixels, 4+mb

cant get the link function to work so here it is, just remove the two spaces.


http:// www. infographicsonly.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/hurricanes-since-1851.jpg

[dickthegrouch]

5. Astonishing

No less astonishing is that you manage to find such interesting things for us to learn from, n2doc.
I, for one, appreciate your sharing tremendously.

[dixiegrrrrl]

6. Yes, I so agree....

thnx, doc..

[XemaSab]

7. Fascinating that South America appears to be the second-least-prone continent

[Odin2005]

9. It's protected by cold ocean currents.

On it's west coast there is the very chilly Humboldt Current. SA's east coast is protected by the cold water coming off of SW Africa, which restricts the zone where tropical systems can form to a small area SE of Brazil.

[XemaSab]

10. Thanks for the info

It explains a lot.

[Odin2005]

8. Why so few storms in the southern hemisphere and around India?