In 2005, the Atlantic broke all records by giving birth to 28 tropical cyclones (the average is 15 per year). Moreover, the super-hurricane Katrina that hit in late August of that year brought devastating wind and rains, especially to New Orleans and the rest of the state of Louisiana, taking at least 1800 lives. These events seemed to support the theory.
2005 年大西洋地區破紀錄地生成 28 個颶風（平均值約 15 個），當年 8 月下旬超級颶風「卡崔娜」帶來的狂風暴雨，更幾乎夷平美國紐奧爾良和路易斯安那州，奪走至少 1,800 條人命，似乎更加驗證這種理論。