[Silence]
[Instrumental Intro: ’60s surf guitar, spring reverb, pulsing bass, psychedelic organ]
[Intro]
Where’s the hurricane?
(None yet found)
Where’s the hurricane?
(None spinnin’ round)
Round (and round) and…
[Verse 1]
No hurricane
(But don’t yawn)
Climate energy
(Movin’ on!)
Pacific heat
(Coming strong)
‘lantic Niña
(What’s going on?)
[Refrain]
Hurricaneless
(Nevertheless)
No reason to yawn
(No, don’t be calm)
Awestruck
(What the amuck)
Run amuck
(A-mock)
AMOC
Chaos butterfly
(Flyin’ by)
Teleconnection
(Infection)
Feedin’ back
(Way back, back, back)
Ride that tide
(See ya on the flipside)
[Verse 2]
These degrees
(Above the norm)
Eastern Pacific
(Heat is born)
Across the ocean
(What a ride)
Atmosphere
(Along for the tide)
[Pre-Chorus]
Wind shear
(Near!)
Hurricane fuel
(Don’t be a fool)
[Refrain]
Hurricaneless
(Nevertheless)
No reason to yawn
(No, don’t be calm)
Awestruck
(What the amuck)
Run amuck
(A-mock)
AMOC
Chaos butterfly
(Flyin’ by)
Teleconnection
(Infection)
Feedin’ back
(Way back, back, back)
Ride that tide
(See ya on the flipside)
[Psychedelic Jam I]
[Surf guitar / wah-wah / swirling organ]
No hurricane…
(Instead nor’easter pain!)
No hurricane?
(Feel it in the coastal strain)
Where’s it going?
(Pounding sand)
What’s connected?
(Man’s dammed demand)
AMOC!
(A-mock!)
AMOC!
(A-muck!)
[Instrumental, Whistle Solo]
A little change
(Here and there)
Can travel farther
(Than you dare!)
[Bridge]
Butterfly!
(Flap!)
Across the sky!
(Flap!)
One basin
(Talks to another)
One pattern
(Becomes its brother)
Teleconnection!
(What’s the connection?)
Feedback!
(Feed back! Way back!)
Round and round
(The energy goes)
From where it starts
(To who knows?)
[Psychedelic Jam II]
[Extended instrumental — frantic surf guitar, bass, organ, handclaps]
Hurricaneless!
(Nevertheless!)
Hurricaneless!
(Don’t be impressed!)
Quiet?
(No!)
Calm?
(No!)
Redistributed!
(World absurd!)
[Verse 4]
So don’t mistake
(A quiet sea)
For a lack of…
(Calamity)
[Final Refrain]
Hurricaneless
(Nevertheless)
No reason to yawn
(No, don’t be calm)
Awestruck
(What Fffff… stuck)
Run amuck
(A-mock)
AMOC
[Outro]
Chaos butterfly
(Flyin’ by)
Teleconnection
(Infection)
Feedin’ back
(Way back, back, back)
Ride that tide
(See ya on the flipside)
Feedin’ back
(Way back, back, back)
[Fade out]
Feedin’ back
(Way back, back, back)
Ride that tide…
(See ya on the flipside)
[Surf Guitar Fade]
[Silence]
[End]
About the Song: Why Hasn’t There Been a Hurricane?
Climate Energy Is Being Redistributed
The absence of hurricanes isn’t evidence that the climate system is becoming less energetic. It is the opposite: climate energy is being redistributed in ways that produce very different outcomes in different parts of the planet.
As of September 23, the Atlantic has produced six named storms but still has produced zero hurricanes—an exceptionally delayed first hurricane. NOAA’s current summary shows Atlantic ACE about 92% below the 1991–2020 average at this point in the season.
The alarming part isn’t simply the lack of hurricanes. It’s the apparent coupling of climate patterns that historically operated more independently. I first warned about this Pacific El Niño–Atlantic Niña coupling back in May. Now, as we progress this far into the season, the observations are providing an unusually clear real-world example of how teleconnections can link distant parts of the climate system.
The simultaneous occurrence of an extreme Pacific El Niño and an anomalous Atlantic Niña represents a significant disruption of the historical baseline. NOAA reports that the El Niño is strengthening, with eastern equatorial Pacific sea-surface temperatures already more than 3°C above average.
An Atlantic Niña can suppress Atlantic hurricane development through increased atmospheric stability and wind shear. So there is a relatively straightforward physical explanation for the quiet Atlantic. But I think the deeper question is why these large-scale ocean–atmosphere patterns are coupling so strongly in the first place.
That’s where climate-acceleration research comes in. I see this as evidence worth watching for increasingly interconnected feedbacks and teleconnections—changes in ocean circulation, atmospheric circulation, energy redistribution, and the hydrologic and carbon cycles that can influence one another across ocean basins.
In other words, the absence of hurricanes isn’t evidence that the climate system is becoming less energetic. It is the opposite: climate energy is being redistributed in ways that produce very different outcomes in different parts of the planet.
It may manifest as a powerful, rare September nor’easter hitting the Jersey Shore.
Why Hasn’t There Been a Hurricane? Climate Energy Is Being Redistributed