How many Typhoons surfaced last year? Kind of a record low year for them. One cannot just count hurricanes and come to a tropical cyclone stat.
Some also say that with rising sea temps comes a more even baroclinic difference meaning the power of the storms is defused as winds increase in direct proportion to the change between the air masses.
There is a ying for every yang IMO.
We are currently on number 4 named storms this season in the Atlantic basin. At least two of the prior ones were like severe storms IMO. Put a name on them and one hears Andrew when in fact none of the prior ones were worse than a late season Nor Easter.
Expect the current storm, Elsa, to be touted as the second coming of Andrew given the recent condo collapse in Miami. For the lib press it is a twofer, a shot on DeSantis and Florida.
That is my opinion and I am sticking to it.
Jill Biden will need a new collection of blue dresses to model at disaster zones.