00:00Well, Hannah, becoming our eighth named storm in the Atlantic Basin.
00:04When you look at the overall numbers, number of storms that we typically see in the Atlantic,
00:10we average 14 during the hurricane season, again, which begins June and ends at the end of November.
00:17We should have about 10 right now.
00:20So we're running a little bit below historical average, but the overall numbers, we're near historical averages.
00:26But here's where this season has been unusual.
00:31None of these storms have been a hurricane.
00:35And take a look at this.
00:37This is the latest we've gone for getting the first hurricane.
00:42When the season when we've had a first hurricane, we haven't had one yet.
00:46And this is the longest we've had to wait for the first hurricane in over 100 years.
00:51In fact, it was September 21st, 1941, when we had our first hurricane during that season.
00:58All right.
00:59Now, the record for the latest first hurricane was October 8th, 1905.
01:06Now, keep in mind, once you get before 1966, we didn't have satellites.
01:12So there could have been storms or there could have been hurricanes during that time.
01:16And one other thing to note, there were no known hurricanes in 1907 and 1914.
01:23So, again, the wait this long for the first hurricane is a little unusual.
01:27Now, we have had impacts, though.
01:29We've Bertha, Edward and Arthur all impacted the United States, although the majority of
01:35the storms were out in the Atlantic had no impacts.
01:37What's been the problem?
01:39Windshear.
01:40And even as we look right now, there's a lot of windshear in the Atlantic.
01:44Tick.
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