Weather Channel
http://www.weather.com/multimedia/videoplayer.html?clip=4276&nav=84&collection=topstory
Only 1 hurricane hit the US during the 2007
hurricane season but that does not mean
that it was a slow year.
IMHO beach erosion from even a moderate
hurricane can be severe.
AFAIK there are 2 factors for predicting a hurricane
season in the Atlantic -
Enso conditions in the Pacific
Atmospheric dust from Saharan desert
Do you know of any more?
David Christainsen - meteorologist