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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Thirb: [QB] BY JIM WAYMER FLORIDA TODAY FORT LAUDERDALE — William Gray and Phil Klotzbach stuck to their guns today: 17 named storms, nine hurricanes -- five of them with winds greater than 110 mph, an above average year. The chances of the big one hitting land also are higher than average. Based this year's conditions and on landfall statistics from the past century, Klotzbach said the probability of a Category 3 or higher storm making landfall on America's East Coast is 74 percent, compared with 52 percent over the past century. A trend of cooling Pacific Ocean water could lead to the climate cycle called La Nina, they said, which creates less wind to shear tropical cyclones apart before they grow to hurricanes. "We think that's likely to be the case this year," Klotzbach said. "It appears we are trending towards a weak to moderate La Nina event this summer," he said. "We do think we have a little more skill than the groundhog does," Klotzbach said. Gray said global warming probably does not affect the power or frequency of hurricanes. "It's not the case at all," Gray said. "The press is also partially responsible ... and then Gore came along with his movie and book and said things are getting worse, but that's not really true around the globe." "We think this is natural stuff," Gray said. Insurers say they are ready FORT LAUDERDALE -- A hurricane reprieve this past year allowed Florida insurers time to build cash reserves, retrain adjusters and to catch their breath, a top insurance officials said today. So they're ready. "We are trying to prepare to pay four or five billion dollars per year," said Sam Miller, executive vice president of the Florida Insurance Council. "The private insurance industry is still here, and we'll be here this hurricane season. "Everybody needed 2006 to catch our breath," Miller said. Citizen's Property Insurance Corp., the number one insurer in Florida, is "in the best shape it's ever been," Miller said. It has $9 billion in cash flow and 6,000 adjusters on standby, he said. "We have to have Citizens, because folks have to have insurance when the private market can't provide it. They will not have a cash flow problem," Miller said. [URL=http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070518/BREAKINGNEWS/70518007]http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070518/BREAKINGNEWS/705 18007[/URL] [/QB][/QUOTE]
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