The
2017 Atlantic hurricane season, ultimately a hyperactive one, officially ends today, November 30. Thank goodness. The season finished with 18 tropical depressions, 17 tropical storms, 10 hurricanes, and 6 major hurricanes. All 10 hurricanes came consecutively, one after the other, beginning with Franklin and ending with Ophelia. I'm fairly certain that is by far the record. I lucked out here from devastating impacts here in Austin several hundred miles from the coast, but I did end up with quite a bit of steady rainfall from Harvey.
Here's a hand-drawn montage that sums the season up. I've been working on this throughout the season as storms came and went. The storms themselves are hand-drawn, while some of the background clouds come from a
GOES infrared satellite image composite from July 13. All rights reserved, but feel free to use it as a desktop wallpaper. It's 16:9, after all. I'll have a link to more image sizes over at Flickr once I upload this there.
