PHILADELPHIA — What is normally rush hour is approaching for the Atlantic hurricane season, but so far the tropical storm traffic has been eerily unimpressive, despite all those ominous forecasts.
Rather than being hyperactive, so far this season only two hurricanes — storms with winds of at least 74 mph — have formed in the Atlantic, Caribbean Sea, and Gulf of Mexico. The average by now is three. Only five named storms, with winds of at least 39 mph, have developed. The normal is seven.
After a two-year onslaught from tropical storm leftovers, the Philadelphia region hasn’t had to contend with so much as a rumor of a remnant.
