It does a disservice to the whole "global warming" issue to say that it "contributed to" or caused a singular weather event like an intense hurricane, especially when the event has just happened and no comprehensive studies have been done regarding the storm. Any contribution of climate change would be in the frequency of such events over an extended period of time (and even then natural cycles in activity would have to be accounted for), not for a single event. It seems like someone in the media brings up global warming every time there is a significant weather event, but making false cause/effect assertions only gives those in the habit of automatically dismissing climate change concerns more fodder for their arguments.