Did not realize until now that KK is a cartoon figure, which stems back from the '60ies. Through more than 700 posts over the past year, this guy has tried to divert discussions from relevant and meaningful conversation.
I feel ashamed that this ludicrous character ( from my own time zone! ) has been allowed to spoil so many threads over the past year. This thread in particular is about more than 60 dead people in Japan this weekend, hundreds of victims in the Bahamas during the past month and many more to come.
To rephrase a certain young activist: "How dare you?"
Glad to see that you recognize my character - also from my childhood time zone.
How dare I? You are the one diverting this thread from meaningful and relevant conversation.
Your post is typical of those who wish to influence scientific debate by incorporating an emotional element. Sure, people feel for those who had to suffer through these diasterous events. However, long term deaths have not increased due to hurricane activity. Since 1880, the long term trend in Atlantic hurricane deaths is flat, i.e. no change. On average, 760 hurricane fatalties have occurred annually. That is the same today as it was 140 years ago, and that is total deaths! Considering that the population has increased 5-fold since then, that is actually a significant drop in the death rate. The deadliest years were 1900 (~12,000), 1998 (9,715), and 1930, 1963, and 1974 (~8,000 each).
The national hurricane center has calculated the accumulated cylcone energy (ACE) since 1950. During that first decade (1950s) there were 69 total hurricanes. This past decade (2010s), there have been 71. NOAA has even stated that the trend in Atlantic hurricanes is "not significantly distinguishable from zero." Sorry if I prefer solid scientific evidence over hyperbole.