Luckily it seems that based on history hurricane frequency goes down in October.
Below is a pretty good, informative, and non-politically biased article from Wikipedia.
Also this picture of Ivan from the International Space station.
Well hopefully we get a little cool weather sometime in October, makes it harder for them to move in, even if the gulf hasn't cooled off as much yet. But we have yet to see even a hint, even a whiff of cool air. North winds this week and highs of only about 90, so we may have a little relief. I think Rita moving off to the east opened the way for some cooler air to come on down.