2010 calm year for Hurricanes

"For the first time in recorded history, 12 hurricanes formed this year in the Atlantic basin without a single one making landfall in the United States, according to experts at Colorado State University" (USA Today). These hurricanes either turned right towards the Atlantic Ocean or left to the Caribbean Sea; in other words the U.S. got very lucky with the Hurricane season officially ending Tuesday. Now, why did these storms dodge the U.S.? Meteorologists think the hurricanes were deflected due to high and low pressure ridges. Only one actually made landfall, Hurricane Bonnie despite five of the twelve hurricanes being categorized as major. 

http://www.usatoday.com/weather/storms/hurricanes/2010-11-29-hurricanes29_ST_N.htm