[stylin19a]

Fewer Atlantic hurricanes to hit U.S., scientists say

isn't this already true ? just by the changes they made in qualifying what's a tropical storm ?

[Bob]

isn't this already true ? just by the changes they made in qualifying what's a tropical storm ?

No, the changes that were made (IIRC, a few years ago), lowered the threshhold so that there were more named storms rather than fewer.