If the Antarctic is melting in winter, just think how warm those Gulf waters are getting....

I can't imagine that this season won't produce competitors to Katrina.

clipped from news.yahoo.com Hurricane Season Getting Longer Andrea Thompson Senior Writer LiveScience.com Mon Jul 14, 12:21 AM ET Hurricane seasons have been getting longer over the past century and the big storms are coming earlier, LiveScience has learned. The trend has been particularly noticeable since 1995, some climate scientists say. Further, the area of warm water able to support hurricanes is growing larger over time. The Atlantic Ocean is becoming more hurricane friendly, scientists say, and the shift is likely due to global warming. "There has been an increase in the seasonal length over the last century," Jay Gulledge, a senior scientist with the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, told LiveScience. "It's pretty striking."