Tropical Storm Epsilon, the 14th hurricane of 2005

Seems the Atlantic is living up to predictions, with Tropical Storm Epsilon having developed into the 14th hurricane of 2005 last Friday, beating the record again for the number of hurricanes in a season. Hurricane season officially ends as of the 30th November, the last time there was a hurricane in December was 1998 (Nicole). The forecasters are predicting already that 2006 is looking to be another active year. Is this a sign of global warming? Also been reading the latest on the slowing of the Gulf stream which has the potential to cool the temperature down here in England, find a overview [url=http://www.newscientist.com/channel/earth/dn8398.html:2wfyvkgo]here at new scientist[/url:2wfyvkgo]