Evie
Pronounced like Eevee
As Skad said, it's not over (though it's looking quiet).
Moreoever, fewer hurricanes than last year, while accurate, is sort of misleading.
2006 : Ten tropical systems, five of them tropical storm (at their strongest), three category 1 hurricanes, two category 3 hurricanes.
2007 : Fifteen tropical systems, Two of them tropical depressions, nine of them tropical storms, two of them category 1 hurricanes, two of them category 5 hurricanes.
Also, every last one of the four 2007 hurricanes made landfall, whereas only one did in 2006, and then, it did so long after weakening back down to a tropical storm (whereas all four in 2007 made landfall at or near peak strength (Two landfalls as category 1 hurricanes, two as category 5 hurricanes)
Finally, 2007 already has the third highest body count of any Atlantic hurricane season in the twenty-first century, behind only 2005 and 2004 (and 2004 is only there because Hurricane Jeanne made landfall on Haiti, where anything stronger than a moderate breeze can create a national tragedy). Each of the season's two category five hurricanes killed by itself more than twice as many people as the entire 2006 season together (42 for Dean, over a hundred for Felix, 17 for 2006).
Moreoever, fewer hurricanes than last year, while accurate, is sort of misleading.
2006 : Ten tropical systems, five of them tropical storm (at their strongest), three category 1 hurricanes, two category 3 hurricanes.
2007 : Fifteen tropical systems, Two of them tropical depressions, nine of them tropical storms, two of them category 1 hurricanes, two of them category 5 hurricanes.
Also, every last one of the four 2007 hurricanes made landfall, whereas only one did in 2006, and then, it did so long after weakening back down to a tropical storm (whereas all four in 2007 made landfall at or near peak strength (Two landfalls as category 1 hurricanes, two as category 5 hurricanes)
Finally, 2007 already has the third highest body count of any Atlantic hurricane season in the twenty-first century, behind only 2005 and 2004 (and 2004 is only there because Hurricane Jeanne made landfall on Haiti, where anything stronger than a moderate breeze can create a national tragedy). Each of the season's two category five hurricanes killed by itself more than twice as many people as the entire 2006 season together (42 for Dean, over a hundred for Felix, 17 for 2006).
