Carolinas and 'Hurricane Alley'

No wonder they call us ‘Hurricane Alley’
The worst-kept secret of anyone who lives in this part of the South is that we’re a target for hurricanes – coastline as well as inland. That’s one reason folks began calling this area “Hurricane Alley” half a century ago after a devastating series of storms hit the Carolinas coast.
This season hasn’t been so bad. But in the longrun, we know we’ll get hit again and again. Now the New York Times’ Tuesday section on science – Science Times – reports on a study that ranks two North Carolina sites among the top 10 at greatest risk from hurricanes.
New Orleans and Lake Okeechobee, Fla. are ranked 1 and 2, but North Carolina's Cape Hatteras ranks 7th and Wilmington ranks 9th on the list of 20 areas at greatest risk. And Charleston, S.C. ranks 13th on the list of 20 places at greatest risk.
The study was done by the International Hurricane Research Center at Florida International University. Follow this link to see a summary of the study.