From: "Geo" 

"John Cuccia"  wrote in message
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> Where a storm makes landfall is certainly based on other factors.  I
> thought that's what you were talking about, storms making landfall on
> the west coast.

Exactly, you have the sun heating both areas at the same rate but other
factors cause storms and control where they go.

> > I mean I said it's not based on more heat and gave two examples at
> >the same heat levels and you gave a bunch of non-heat reasons for why one
> >has violent storms and the other doesn't.
>
> Who says that one has more violent storms than the other?

LA has earthquakes, Miami has hurricanes, it's general knowledge. Is that
what you were asking?

> You're trying to compare the Atlantic coastal areas (including the
> Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico) to the Pacific coast of North/Central
> Amerca, but that's not an analogous situation.

AH!! But it is as far as the amount of energy each absorbs from the sun.

Geo.

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