The 2022 Atlantic hurricane season is off to its slowest start in 30 years, forcing the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to slightly decrease its predicted likelihood of an above-normal season.

Halfway through the hurricane season, which runs from June 1 through November 30, there have been no hurricanes and only three named storms, none of which have met the official definition of a "tropical cyclone with maximum sustained winds of 74 mph (64 knots) or higher."

A typical hurricane season has 14 named storms, seven of which qualify as hurricanes, including three classified as “major.”

Since 1966, there have been only five other hurricane seasons with as little activity at the halfway mark.

In its initial prediction, published in May, NOAA declared:

A 65% chance of an above-normal season,
A 25% chance of a near-normal season, and
A 10% chance of a below-normal season.

But, given the absence of even a single hurricane three months in, NOAA has now slightly adjusted its forecast. “NOAA still expects above-normal Atlantic hurricane season,” the revised forecast insists, lowering the likelihood of an above normal season to 60%, while increasing the probability of a normal season to 30%.

Even with zero hurricanes, NOAA was loathe to increase the likelihood of a below-normal season (10%).

“[D]espite what you may have heard, Atlantic hurricanes are not becoming more frequent. In fact, the frequency of hurricanes making landfall in the continental U.S. has declined slightly since 1900, Hoover Institution Visiting Fellow Bjorn Lomborg noted in a piece published by The Wall Street Journal.

Nonetheless, some media outlets continue to defend and promote the worst-case predictions, and invoke the specter of c*****e c****e in the process.

The Atlantic’s “luck is likely to run out soon,” Axios reported on Friday, claiming that “everyone” agrees that the 2022 hurricane season will be above-normal, or worse:

“The Atlantic hurricane season to date has been unusually quiet, with not a single named storm since July 2, a feat that last occurred in 1982. However, our luck is likely to run out soon, scientists tell Axios.”

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“The forecasts for the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season have been unanimous, with everyone from the federal government to university forecasting groups calling for an above average or much above average season.”

Hurricanes “are becoming more damaging due to human-driven c*****e c****e, which is causing tropical storms and hurricanes to grow more intense” as the “obstacles” to hurricanes get out of the way, Axios contends.

But, as Hot Air has reported, the “Number and strength of hurricanes stubbornly fail to increase.”

“There is no global trend in the number of tropical storms or hurricanes during the past 50+ years,” Meteorologist Dr. Ryan Maue agrees.

As for the effect of c*****e c****e, a study by The G****l W*****g Policy Foundation concluded that “[T]here is little evidence that g****l w*****g has resulted in more hurricanes, or more intense ones in recent years.”

“On the contrary,” the study finds: “available evidence confirms that hurricane and major hurricane frequency has been similar in many prior periods.”

NOAA’s predictions are for overall seasonal activity, and are not landfall forecasts.

That appears to be a phony story.
But the real story goes like this.

The order was for the IRS Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) division, which is a federal law enforcement agency that conducts criminal investigations including tax violations, money laundering, cyber crimes, and organized crime involving drugs and gangs. There are more than 2,000 sworn special agents in the division.
“Many of these cases are typically worked in conjunction with other state and federal law enforcement agencies. IRS-CI special agents have been carrying firearms throughout the more than 100-year history of the agency, and have found themselves dealing with some of the most dangerous criminals,” an IRS spokesperson told VERIFY.

It always blows me away when people say evidence is f**e...it is far harder to trump up corroborating evidence than it is to come up with things that simply are what they are.

A lie more often than not is exposed as a lie, the t***h comes with more and more people that tell the same story once the story is out, the t***h comes with supporting facts and other things that corroborate it.

Meanwhile people sound so stupid when they refuse to believe facts that are in front of their faces.

Everything that comes out results in the mantra from the right...those are just lies, that's just f**e news. Stop and think about the stupidity of saying that when you don't listen to what's being said.

Recently I stopped at a Subway to get a foot long sandwich. The girl behind the counter knew no English and looked clueless when I told her what I wanted. I ended up having to point to every item I wanted on the sandwich. She didn't know how to tell me how much the sandwich cost and miscounted my change. I am sure she was an illegal that was flown into my city in the dark of night by the Bribem party of i**********nists. When she sneezed I ended up throwing my sandwich in the waste can. She probably had the W***n v***s too. These are Joe's and the demoKraut's people who will be v****g for them at every e******n. The dems will be running her v**e through their tabulating machines ar least 5 times while proclaiming there is no such thing as v***r f***d.