Do hurricanes follow snow?

[Miss Critter]

A friend sent me this email. Please someone say the logic is faulty. Other snow years without a major hurricane following? I realize we're not New Orleans, but we're pretty darn close by hurricane standards.

A friend of ours brought this to our attention last night and we just thought it was interesting how the years and natural disasters fell.

Check it out below.

Notice the years and the pattern of natural disasters experienced by New Orleans :

1964 - Snow
1965 - Hurricane Betsy

1968 - Snow
1969 - Hurricane Camille

2004 - Snow
2005 - Hurricane Katrina

2008 - Snow
2009 - (?) NOOOOO HUH!!!!

 

[scooterbug44]

What defines a snow year? Seems light on the data.

Last year we had record snowfall out West (roofers were scrambling), but a quiet hurricane season here.

 

[Miss Critter]

What defines a snow year? Seems light on the data.

Last year we had record snowfall out West (roofers were scrambling), but a quiet hurricane season here.

We're talking New Orleans, so that would be any snow.

 

[Miss Kitty]

Like we don't have enough to worry about.

 

[scooterbug44]

That would make sense then - extreme winter weather triggers extreme summer weather.

But if it snowed between 1968 and 2004, don't think it's a valid idea.

 

[Miss Critter]

I would think a frigid winter would cool the gulf waters below normal levels and make a hurricane less likely to form.

 

[BeachSiO2]

I don't know. Did the groundhog see his shadow?

 

[rapunzel]

You know, a nice yat lady I used to work with mentioned the snow thing back in 2004. When I mentioned how excited we'd been about our white Christmas that year. She said her dad always said snow brought hurricanes. She also said that hurricanes trained and an early hit was a bad omen -- Cindy. Old yat tales seem to hold some truth.

Well, at least we haven't had any snow here!

 

[Matt J]

I would think a frigid winter would cool the gulf waters below normal levels and make a hurricane less likely to form.

Nah, more snow, more runoff, more crap in the water making it darker and absorbing more light/heat from the sun.

 

[ginfarmer]

A friend sent me this email. Please someone say the logic is faulty. Other snow years without a major hurricane following? I realize we're not New Orleans, but we're pretty darn close by hurricane standards.

The e-mail you received is a hoax. There were no snowfalls in New Orleans in either 1964 or 1968.