How often has it happened in the past, I wonder,
that a tropical cyclone has dared to venture so far South? Take a look at this
:-
At the time, a Tropical Low entered the Coral Sea
from the Gulf of Carpentaria and was predicted to become a second Tropical
Cyclone – so very late in the season – albeit being further predicted to move
away from the coast of Tropical Far North Queensland.
I accept that
Tropical Cyclone Sandra was predicted to
remain a very safe distance away from the coast of New South Wales. What I find very difficult to accept is that
this sort of thing is normal and has happened at all before, let alone being a
fact of history.
The question needs to
be asked, therefore :- How many of these Tropical Cyclones have ventured south
far enough to monster Lord Howe Island?
If there's a trend in history then fair enough, but I'm flat-out
thinking of any such situation having existed in the whole period of my
miserable yet lengthy span of life.
In the absence of a historical trend, would these
occurrences – so late in the cyclone season – be evidence for climate change?
