text:  Well, you know, this is the earliest that we've ever seen a hurricane this strong. You know, it developed in the Atlantic as a Category 5. Now it's much weaker than that. But it has broken a number of other records along the way. And it's signifying that there is something going on this year that's different. And one, of course, is the end of the El Nino climate pattern, which has reduced wind shear over the last year. Now that that's being reduced, the high-level winds that tend to suppress hurricanes have died out. So hurricanes can be stronger.