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Tropical Storm Hermine has developed in the Gulf of Mexico and is headed toward Florida.The National Hurricane Center has a track over northern Florida up toward the Outer Banks of North Carolina the next 3 days.Winds are forecast to peak at 65 mph keeping Hermine a tropical storm....10 mph under hurricane force.The storm will have a lot of rain with amounts approaching 9 inches in some areas..OK, so the big deal on this is that Hermine is not forecast to be a hurricane.Here are the current hurricane records that increase each day.FLORIDA HAS NOT HAD A HURRICANE SINCE 2005...... This is an incredible record.There have been 68 Atlantic basin hurricanes since Wilma hit Florida in 2005. All of them have missed Florida.In 2004 Florida had 4 hurricanes in 45 days and in 2005 Katrina and Rita hit west of Florida and Wilma, a category 4 storm hit south Florida. At that time, some scientists incorrectly predicted that this was a sign of things to come and that almost every year would have numerous hurricanes, many of the strong and damaging.Well, 11 years later we are still waiting for that next Florida hurricane.Think about this...... 11 years ago there were no smart phones.Facebook was available at 21 universities and that was it. You could only see it on a computer.....not your phone.There was no Twitter.We were still 5 years from Instagram.In 2005 we were 6 years from Snapchat.The world is a different place today....much different.Florida hurricanes by decade.....1950's 41960's 91970's 31980's 21990's 72000's 72010's 0________________________________________________________________THE LAST MAJOR HURRICANE TO HIT THE U.S. was in 2005.A Cat 3 hurricane has winds of 115 mph or higher and a major hurricane is a Cat 3, 4 or 5.Just under 11 years without a major hurricane hitting the U.S. is a record.______________________________________________________________THERE HAVE BEEN NO HURRICANES IN THE GULF OF MEXICO SINCE 2013.This is the longest hurricane free period in the Gulf since the 1800's._____________________________________________________________In Hawaii...Madeline will pass just south of the Big Island tonight and Thursday. The storm is weakening and winds on the southern part of the island of Hawaii will only be tropical storm force._____________________________________________________________