As Einstein said, everything is relative. Beyond that, it's best to look at data for comparison purposes, which shows no significant change over many years. I picked Ocala as it does not suffer for UHI (Urban Heat Island) effect which is unfortunately contaminating many thermometers -- producing inflated temperatures.

Nobody knows for sure what “Mother Nature” is going to do period. Almost 3/4 of the earth is covered with water and 96% of the water is salt water.

Just like last week when we were supposed to get get all sorts of rain. We got one little blip one day and finally got 3/4” Sunday. I know this for a fact, I checked my weather rock and it was dry most of the week.

Always is. . If it comes it comes. And all other predictions said there would be a busy season. Soooo. Which do you believe??? So why bother worrying about it. House blows away? Oh well.

So if the season is predicted to be worse than average, what would you do different?

1. Get the basement storage up on pallets? I don't have a basement.
2. Buy sandbags? The Villages has a great water management system, and again, I don't have a basement or even a crawlspace.
3. Buy a generator? Don't need it for a well, don't need it for heat. If the power is off too long I'll go to a rec center that has power and hang out in the AC there. Unless the power is off 24 hours or more, leave your fridge closed. Or have a huge BBQ if things thaw.
4. Leave? I suppose if it's going to hit us dead center. But we live in central Florida vs the coasts for a reason. Not much better place to be if in Florida.

“I've had a lot of worries in my life, most of which never happened.”
― Mark Twain

Here are the direct hits over the last 175 years ... nothing more than a Cat 1 hurricane. Notice the dates.

MSM loves gloom and doom News, it’s all about making opinions and money and not reporting truthful news.

And they still won't admit Tonga is increasing current warming ... even though NASA said it would 2 years ago.

That’s why I always watch the weather report the following day telling me what did happen. The weatherman is always 100% accurate!!

Looks like the forecasters did well.

Only takes one
 

If I remember correctly in 1992 hurricane Andrew (a Category 5) was the only Atlantic hurricane to make landfall that year. That said it only takes1 hurricane to have a devastating hurricane season.

Devastating hurricanes occur every year around the world, and for probably for many millions of years. The 1992 hurricane season had only 1 major hurricane - Andrew. Fortunately, the trend for major hurricanes is not only decreasing, but there were none at all in 2013.

NWS says there are going to be many this year...so there will be more like none.

I look forward to more hurricane parties where we drink tequila and sacrifice virgins to the hurricane god. This keeps seasonal hurricane activity low. Just follow the science.