And While We're On the Topic

...of Darwin Awards. What does this say about the dreaded climate change? Remember all those hysterical cries about increased numbers and ferocity of hurricanes?

Quiet Atlantic hurricane season a boon for insurers

"If the full season, which runs from June through November, ended today, it would be the lowest number of storms since 1997. The last time an Atlantic season produced only two hurricanes was 1982."

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"So far this year, only named storms Bill and Fred reached 74 miles per hour (119 km per hour), the threshold for hurricanes. Fred fizzled in the mid-Atlantic without causing damage while Bill raced through Canada's Atlantic provinces as a Category 1 hurricane, the weakest type, causing few problems."

Hmmmm. Big insurance. Must be the same as big oil.