This is the last week of a truly shitty Atlantic hurricane season. It was record-breaking. People are still recovering. Misinformation managed to make things even worse. Now, we get a six-month-ish break before it starts over again — perhaps with fewer federal resources to respond in the US.

The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season is set to wrap up on Nov. 30. It was originally pitched as a “supercharged” year, with forecasters predicting as many as 20-25 named storms. An unprecedented lull at the beginning of the season spared us from the full extent of those predictions after a bout of Saharan dust played a substantial role in curbing storm development in the Atlantic through August.