In Texas a minimal hurricane or a tropical storm is a good thing. The people along the coast line must deal with the wind and tides and that can be bad, but then the arid parts of Texas and northern Mexico get watered. The tanks are filled, the aquifers are filled and the streams run clear. Life is renewed, it is natures way.
What you are saying does make sense. Living near the coast, I guess I tend to forget that sometimes these things can be good in some ways to some people........OTOH - some people no where near a coast got hurt pretty bad from some of those 'canes last year.
But as you say - it is nature's way and about all we can do about it is be prepared, and pray.