The last major storm to come through Florida, before Hurricane Andrew hit in 1992, was Hurricane Betsy in 1965, which went through the Keys.

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The fact that this storm is moving at a good clip is favorable for getting stronger.

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We were very lucky in that eight-year period, and the luck just ran out. We always thought it would run out.

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We feel our ongoing forecast research will allow us to continue to improve our predictive skill.

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We have always believed that the atmosphere will act in the future as it has in the past. This assumption can fail in some years but when applied over a period of several years we find that the atmosphere and ocean does indeed have a long period memory in most years.

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Emanuel is wrong, it's just wrong.

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Unfortunately, we are continuing the bad news by predicting above-average activity for September and October.

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The rest of the globe that has 88% of the tropical storms hasn't changed, ... If I'm proven wrong, I will jump off the highest peak in Colorado.

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