>>20151641>Do hurricanes and tropical storms frequently fizzle out before they do anything? I'm unaware.It depends on where you live to an extent but even if you live in the heartlands like Florida or Louisiana the vast majority will not be strong. It takes a virtually perfect setup; no wind shear, no dry air, red hot sea surface temps, and for it to track to the area which can be determined by ridging, tides (such as the gulf stream), and many other factors. The odds of a truly intense hurricane hitting an area are very low when you think about it, and the majority just end up being wind and rain storms that don't do very much. Lower end hurricanes and even tropical storms can do real damage, but it usually requires for them to be very slow moving and large in diameter or for them to hit a vulnerable area; of which most of the parts of America that get them aren't exactly vulnerable, as they have infrastructure and building codes specifically designed to account for them. Your safest bet is to live a bit inland as always, but I don't really think it's as big of a peril as you'd probably think it is on the surface if you live in a part of the country that doesn't get them.
