Like Steve, I'm not really sure how this season is going to play out. For now, I'll stick with my 14/8/3, as so far, many signs are pointing towards an active season. I may be high (no pun intended) on the number of named storms, but right now I'm fairly confident on the number of hurricanes and intense canes. While they certainly posess greater knowledge than I, I believe wxresearch.com is too low with their call for only 7 named storms. With still half a month until the official season starts, things are beginning to become a bit clearer. Interesting that Joe B. has the GOM and FLA as a more likely target than the rest of the EC. Other sites are opining that as well. Will be interesting to see if that actually plays out.