The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season was described as powerful and unique.
Hurricane Melissa acted like a "30-mile wide top-end tornado."
New this year was the use of AI in making hurricane forecasts.
Powerful.
Unique.
And who can forget a hurricane that looked like a "30-mile wide top-end tornado?" Hurricane Melissa's 252-mph wind gust was the .
Those generally aren't words Florida residents want to hear when it come to hurricane season.
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Of course, there were some good things about the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, and high among them were , for the first time since 2015, and not even a tropical storm hit in Florida.
And the final month

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