They said there would be more frequent and more severe storms...now that their predictions have failed, rather than admit they were wrong, they have now moved the goalposts again.
Quiet 2014 Atlantic Hurricane Season Comes to a Close
"It has been a record-breaking nine years since a Category 3 hurricane (or stronger) made landfall along U.S. coastlines. The last was Hurricane Wilma in 2005 (Sandy was not a hurricane when it hit the northeast in 2012). The United States has never recorded a nine-year period without a hurricane touching its shores. The prior record for the longest stretch, from 1861 to 1868, was set during the Civil War, according to Colorado State University climatologists."