...nonexistent. The Carolina's have been hit hard before, several times in recorded history. From the Memphis, TN FOX affiliate and Associated Press:
Florence could rival North Carolina's 1954 'benchmark storm'
The last time the midsection of the East Coast stared down a hurricane like this, Dwight Eisenhower was in the White House and Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio were newlyweds.
Hurricane Florence could inflict the hardest hurricane punch North Carolina has seen in more than 60 years, with rain and wind of more than 130 mph (209 kph).
North Carolina has been hit by only one other Category 4 storm since reliable record keeping began in the 1850s. That was Hurricane Hazel in 1954. Hurricane Hugo made landfall in South Carolina as a Category 4 hurricane in 1989.
Knowing the history doesn't lighten the impact of what will be a very large disaster for many tens of thousands of people. The problem here is that people have become complacent and have built nice houses with oceanfront views and now they will be paying the price.
This is not a result of climate change and actually, everything points to an extended period of cooling in the future. We will be seeing more news stores like this one from the San Francisco Chronicle:
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