[dfwgator]

The whole reason for starting to track hurricanes and typhoons was because the Navy lost several ships to them during WWII.

[pfflier]

Right, exactly. Until the mid-1940's we knew very little scientifically about hurricane prediction.

Now the airwaves are filled with the "first" and "worst" linked to almost all weather events. Crap, we are even naming blizzards to make them seem like they are something new.

The entertainment industry masquerading as "news" thrives on finding misery and the weather channel loves to interview a local with a torn t-shirt saing "I never saw nuthin' like this before and I lived here for 20 years".