Where have all the hurricanes gone?

Remember last year how everyone was clammoring about how the unusually active hurricane season was caused by global warming and that it was only going to be worse this year? Anyone? Anyone? Bue||er? Bue||er?

Well, this time last year we were tracking Hurricane Ka+rina, i.e. the 12th named storm of the season. This year...we're on tropical storm Debby. We haven't even had a hurricane yet, let alone a major hurricane.

Not that I'm complaining, mind you, I just think it's interesting that there were so many apocolyptic predictions of this season that haven't yet come to pass. Of course, I might've just put a jinx on the whole thing. But did global warming suddenly disappear? Or could it be that the whole thing was just a little overblown? The term "alarmist" comes to mind.

Just a thought.