What drought is that, Lousy? Strong hurricanes making landfall in the U.S.? Katrina was 12 years ago, and Sandy was 5, even if it made la dfall as a giant extratropical storm.

And recall the contiguous U.S. makes up less than 2% of the world's surface. 2015 smashed the previous record number of category 4 and 5 Northern Hemisphere hurricanes by a wide margin.

But you knew that, right?