Hurricane Joyless

Joy Behar operating her big mouth.

The deadliest hurricane in U.S. history hit the Upper Texas coast in 1900. It didn't have a name, but it took out Galveston and that's a fact. Yet this morning Joy Behar, surely the least talented of all the talent-less hostesses on TV's post-menopausal talk show, The View, gave her personal assessment of Hurricane Irma as "The worst storm we have ever had," and naturally attributed it to global warming, that evil invention of Republicans. She added that hurricanes should henceforth be named after people like Donald Trump, Rush Limbaugh, and "all the other climate change deniers."

But Joy is so wrong! If she had just checked Wikipedia (like I did) before she put both her feet in her huge mouth, she would know that. Following are just a few key facts I have plagiarized, for anyone who is remotely interested:

The list of Category 5 Atlantic hurricanes encompasses 32 that reached Category 5 strength. 
In fact, during the 1932, 1933, 1961, 2005 and 2007 hurricane seasons, more than one Category 5 hurricane formed. In 2005, more than two Category 5 hurricanes formed, and in 2007 more than one made landfall at Category 5 strength.
Between 1924 and 2017, 32 hurricanes were recorded at Category 5 strength.

Officially, the decade with the most Category 5 hurricanes is 2000–2009, with eight Category 5 hurricanes: Isabel (2003), Ivan (2004), Emily (2005), Katrina (2005), Rita (2005), Wilma (2005), Dean (2007), and Felix (2007).

The previous decades with the most Category 5 hurricanes were the 1930s and 1960s, with six occurring between 1930 and 1939,  before naming began.

Eight Atlantic hurricanes reached Category 5 intensity on more than one occasion; that is, by reaching Category 5 intensity, weakening to a Category 4 or lower, and then becoming a Category 5 again.  Camille, Andrew, Dean, Felix and Irma each attained Category 5 status twice during their lifespans. Allen, Isabel and Ivan reached Category 5 intensity on three separate occasions.