I had copied that blurb, and was about to say the same thing, then I saw your post.
Waiting for anyone to tell me how hurricanes on the Gulf Coast and Florida are somehow "unprecedented."
In 2005, after hurricanes Katrina and Rita, we were told that Global Warming was causing bigger hurricanes and we should expect them to keep getting bigger and more frequent. We then went through a record 12 year period without a single Category 3 or higher hurricane hitting anywhere in the U.S. It was very Inconvenient for Global Warming.
Sandy was blamed on Global Warming even though it was no longer even a hurricane when it made landfall in the US (it had downgraded to a “post tropical cyclone”). The devastation that it caused was entirely because it happened to hit a very densely populated area.
Finally a couple of Category 3 storms have made landfall again so they can be used as proof of Global Warming.
Ask the Spanish who lost zillions in gold etc. when their treasure galleons went down in hurricanes. 500 years ago!!!