[KarlInOhio]

They went from the quantifiably disprovable "number of storms" to the harder to disprove "nastiness" of storms once someone took five minutes to count them. The primary increases in storm count came from satellites seeing mid-Atlantic storms that disappeared before hitting the shore.

I expect most of the increase in "nastiness" comes from many more people living on Florida's coasts rather than leaving them for the palm trees and alligators.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Yep, and the damage in dollars will go up because of more houses in a smaller area and inflated home values.