Rytech received the latest data from researchers at Colorado State University’s (CSU) Department of Atmospheric Science. Scientist’s there are predicting this next hurricane season (beginning June 1) will produce nineteen named storms and nine hurricanes, four of which could be major (Category 3, 4, or 5).
An average season, based on data from 1991-2020, results in 14 named storms, give or take; 7 hurricanes and three major hurricanes (Category 3 or above), according to CSU’s extended range forecast.
Rytech Restoration had a busy 2021 season which had the third-most named storms on record, and 7 of those 21 storms became hurricanes. Of those, four were categorized as major and required movement of additional equipment and crews from franchise locations across the country.
“All it takes is one storm to make it an active season for you and your family, so it is time to prepare as the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season’s start nears.”
Insurance Information Institute
In his release, Phil Klotzbaach, PhD at CSU said, “While tropical Atlantic water temperatures are currently near their long-term averages, the warmer-than-normal subtropical eastern Atlantic typically forces a weaker subtropical high and associated weaker winds blowing across the tropical Atlantic. These conditions then lead to warmer waters in the tropical Atlantic for the peak of the Atlantic hurricane season,”
To those living in harm’s way, like anyone living on the Gulf of Mexico or on Florida’s eastern shore, numbers matter. That’s where the Insurance Information Institute (III) comes in.
Keep the following numbers from III in mind: the continental U.S. coastline has a 71% probability of at least one major hurricane making landfall; during the past century the average probability was 52%; the East Coast (including the Florida Peninsula) has a 47% chance of at least one major hurricane making landfall, while the probability for the Gulf Coast (Florida’s Panhandle west to Brownsville) is 46%, and; the Caribbean’s probability is 60%.
According to III CEO Sean Kevelighan, “The widespread damage the U.S. experienced last year from tropical systems highlighted the importance of being financially protected from catastrophic losses and that includes having adequate levels of property insurance and flood coverage. In fact, we not only saw historic levels of flooding in coastal areas in 2021, but throughout inland communities as well.”
In addition to having adequate levels of property insurance, flood coverage and a complete inventory of your possessions, the Dry Log reminds every homeowner or business to also have contact information for the most experienced water remediation firm in the US. Since 1995 Rytech has literally helped hundreds of thousands of customers pick up the pieces after disasters.
Call Rytech Restoration 1-(800) 980-0112 for an immediate response, 24/7.
Keep an eye out for next months’ Dry Log where we’ll feature how best to prepare, survive and then restore after a hurricane.
