The Numbers don't lie. COUNT THEM YOURSELF. See if you get different
numbers. Do the sums. See if your figures differ. Dived by terms, see
if your averages are off by one speck.

1851-1995 (145 years)
369/145 = 2.5 TS per year = 25 per 10-years Tropical Storms
275/145= 1.9 C1 per year = 19 per 10-years Hurricanes Category 1
197/145= 1.4 C2 per year = 14 per 10-years Hurricanes Category 2
153/145= 1.05 C3 per year = 10.5 per 10-years MAJOR Hurricanes Category
3
76/145= 0.52 per year = 5.2 per 10-years MAJOR Hurricanes Category 4
21/145= 0.14 per year = 1.4 per 10-years MAJOR Hurricanes Category 5

1996-2005 (10 years)
61/10= 6.1 per year = 61 per 10-years Tropical Storms
28/10= 2.8 per year = 28 per 10-years Hurricanes Category 1
12/10= 1.2 per year = 12 per 10-years Hurricanes Category 2
16/10= 1.6 per year = 16 per 10-years MAJOR Hurricanes Category 3
19/10= 1.9 per year = 19 per 10-years MAJOR Hurricanes Category 4
5/10= 0.5 per year = 5 per 10-years MAJOR Hurricanes Category 5

PERCENTAGE DIFFERENCE 1996-2005 to averages 1851-1995
1/25 x 61 = 144% MORE Tropical Storms, 1996-2005
1/19 x 28 = 47% MORE Hurricanes Category 1, 1996-2005
1/14 x 12 = 14% LESS Hurricanes Category 2, 1996-2005
1/10.5 x 16 = 52% MORE MAJOR Hurricanes Category 3, 1996-2005
1/10 x 19 = 90% MORE MAJOR Hurricanes Category 4, 1996-2005
1/1.4 x 5 = 257% MORE MAJOR Hurricanes Category 5, 1996-2005