How is this surprising? Being competent is disqualifying in Trumps cabinet. Only the dumbest, and dullest.

Is he even American or some dirty immigren who come to took err jerbs?

The head is probably one of those people that think hurricanes appear randomly throughout the year similar to tornadoes or earthquakes.

And perhaps a stern talking to by the orange person and waving a sharpie around a photo can persuade them to deviate from their path.

The season is usually around September-November, when most vegetation has dried up or burned, wind and rain takes up speed… Etc. hurricanes just so happen to form at the Gulfstreams into the Ocean.