Poleward Hurricanes

So, I know this hurricane season is making you as tense as it's making me. Sure, they all start slow, but we've had very few enough tropical characteristics in our cyclones this past month-and-a-half. But, there's something rotten in the state of Massachusetts:

AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...ASSOCIATED WITH A STATIONARY
FRONTAL SYSTEM...CONTINUES OFF THE COASTS OF SOUTH AND NORTH
CAROLINA AND STRETCHES NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE ATLANTIC FOR SEVERAL
HUNDRED MILES.  TWO AREAS OF LOW PRESSURE REMAIN LOCATED ALONG THE
FRONT.  THE FIRST LOW...CENTERED ABOUT 230 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
CAPE COD MASSACHUSETTS...SHOWS SOME SIGNS OF ORGANIZATION BUT IS
MOVING NORTHEASTWARD OVER COOLER WATERS SO SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL
DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SYSTEM IS NOT ANTICIPATED.  THE SECOND
LOW...WHICH IS CURRENTLY BROAD AND ILL-DEFINED...IS LOCATED ABOUT
150 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CAPE HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA.  THIS SYSTEM
IS EXPECTED TO MOVE LITTLE DURING THE NEXT DAY OR SO...AND SOME
SLOW DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE.

What this could be is the year of the upper latitude hurricanes. You know that kind of abstract pity we've felt for the people of Qunitana Roo, the Dominican Republic and other Carribean areas? You should start preparing to feel it for Big Tobacco.