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posted by LaminatorX on Tuesday September 01 2015, @08:05PM   Printer-friendly
from the Triple-Event dept.

EarthSky reports:

NASA's Terra satellite just released this August 29 image of Hurricanes Kilo, Ignacio, and Jimena, all Category Four Hurricanes. According to the Weather Channel:

This is the first recorded occurrence of three Category 4 hurricanes in the central and eastern Pacific basins at the same time. In addition, it's also the first time with three major hurricanes (Category 3 or stronger) in those basins simultaneously, according to hurricane specialist Eric Blake of the National Hurricane Center.

[...]On Sunday, August 30, from west to east, Hurricane Kilo was located 1,210 miles west-southwest of Honolulu, Hawaii, Hurricane Ignacio was located 515 miles east-southeast of Hilo, Hawaii, and Hurricane Jimena was located 1,815 miles east-southeast of Hilo, Hawaii.


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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by Freeman on Tuesday September 01 2015, @08:46PM

    by Freeman (732) on Tuesday September 01 2015, @08:46PM (#230981) Journal

    Since when have we had the ability to accurately track hurricanes in the Pacific? 20 years? 50 years? Seems like this is more of a first of it's kind, because we have just recently been able to observe it. Like someone taking a camera down to the bottom of the ocean in a new area and all of a sudden we find some random new creature. Has it been there for a long time? Sure. Had we been able to seen it until now? Extremely low likelihood.

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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by frojack on Tuesday September 01 2015, @09:17PM

    by frojack (1554) on Tuesday September 01 2015, @09:17PM (#230991) Journal

    Well one source stated it was the first time in RECORDED history, the other source simply stated it was the FIRST time.

    Its probably happened a lot, but when there were no airplanes, and ships were slow, you wouldn't even know there was another storm over the horizon, because you would be too busy trying to survive the local one.

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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by Zz9zZ on Tuesday September 01 2015, @09:20PM

    by Zz9zZ (1348) on Tuesday September 01 2015, @09:20PM (#230992)

    It's right there in the summary, first quoted sentence from the weather channel: "... first recorded occurrence ..."

    Way too much angst going on, jumping on the most insignificant detail! Is it probably made to grab viewers? Yes. Is it a valid statement? Also yes.

    Obligatory http://xkcd.com/386/ [xkcd.com]

    and yes I get the irony

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  • (Score: 1) by dingus on Tuesday September 01 2015, @11:00PM

    by dingus (5224) on Tuesday September 01 2015, @11:00PM (#231018)

    I think it's safe to say that it is extremely unlikely that our records include *any* time that is an actual record weather pattern within the holocene epoch or even since the dawn of human civilization. The world is just so variable and the climate is so vast. Hell, we might not see new records for a century or more, after which climate change will really ramp up.