Hurricanes are nothing new, but the kinds of storms (and their number) seem to be getting more serious.

With Hurricane Bill recently shutting down beaches and prompting warnings up and down the Atlantic Coast, and major disasters such as Hurricane Katrina not-so-distant a memory, one wonders: what’s the deal? Are hurricanes getting more numerous and more severe or are we just more aware of them? And if there are more, why?

Read on to have your most pressing (swirling, surging, or raging) questions answered. …read more of The Truth about Hurricanes: Will We See More Like Hurricane Bill? here