Max isn’t predicting as many storms as last year, although 2006 could be a very active year. Max says we dodged a bullet last year because storms didn’t hit populus areas like they could have. Things in 2005 couold have been much worse.
It all depends on where they hit and the intensity. The NHC will be adding a new feature to their model this year. We’ll have more on that in a subsequent post.
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