Chris Landsea, a meteorologist at the National Hurricane Center in Miami, says that research shows evidence of natural hurricane cycles, rather than a gradually trending upward. Hurricanes can have extremely busy 10-to-15-year cycles followed by periods of 25 to 40 years of quiet, he explained. We find ourselves in a busy portion of hurricanes' natural fluctuation. The right pressure patterns in the Atlantic, lack of an El-Nino, and the presence of areas of warm water are spawning the major storms as we are experiencing.

But there are other opinions. Are hurricanes, along with earthquakes and volcanoes, being set off and manipulated by electromagnetic waves? Does the technology exist? Who has the resources and motive to direct a weather weapon?

Scott Stevens believes in Weather Wars. Scott Stevens was an Idaho weatherman (KPVI News Channel 6) who has terminated his nine year career as a meteorologist to devote more time to his Weather Wars theory. He blames the Japanese Mafia for Hurricane Katrina, saying the Yakuza Mafia used a Russian-made electromagnetic generator to cause Hurricane Katrina in a bid to avenge the atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima. He has been a guest on Coast to Coast and was interviewed by Bill O'Reilly at Fox News.

Richard C. Hoagland (The Enterprise Mission) believes that recent hurricanes are not natural events, as well. His latest blog, Hyperdimensional Katrina offers observations and evidence for both Hurricanes Katrina and Rita leading him to conclude that these storms may be artificially manipulated.

Natural Cycle or Weather Wars? Your comments are invited.

Bill