I've been looking at this site for a year now and I love it!! Just thought I'd throw my thoughts out here since I finally got around to registering. I am also of the opinion that it's going to be a crazy year. Mostly, from what I understand about the weaker shear created by Nina, I would see stronger storms as opposed to a considerable increase in number. Now I don't know much about hurricanes as I'm from the, right now freezing, mid-west, but I've been involved in tracking tornadoes up here for quite a while. I'm headed down to LA in a couple weeks for my third trip since Katrina rebuilding houses. God forbid that happen again anytime soon, but I'm thinking there will be one Cat 5 at landfall. My prediction is 13/8/4.