Some of the critics of FEMA are claiming that authorities often underplay the amount of forces involved in natural disasters after the fact. Indeed there are several conspiracy theorists who actively pursue such claims on websites, blogs and online Internet forums.

Some of these conspiracy theorists revel in the chaos and controversy they create, while others do so to promote books, websites and gain notoriety. Still others who have thoroughly researched the facts occasionally bring up some good points.

Now then some conspiracy theorists have said that the forces of the Hurricanes have been down played to lessen the obligations of FEMA and Insurance Companies due to citizen or policyholder promises. In fact the Northridge Earthquake in CA was said to be down played for these reasons.

But whatever the case some are most correct in their summations of the 2005 Atlantic Tropical Hurricane Season. For instance Tropical Storm Cindy did actually come ashore as a Category One Hurricane with sustained winds of over 75 mph.

The 2006 Hurricane Season is also expected to be fierce and indeed start earlier than the Official Date. How much earlier no one knows, but it appears we are in a cycle of increased activity and longer seasons than the current