Will North Carolina be hit by a Hurricane in 2008?

The last time North Carolina was struck by a Hurricane was in 2005. Over the years though North Carolina has been routinely hit by Hurricanes, 2 in 2004, 2 in 1996 and 3 in 1955. Only a small amount of these storms have been Category 2's or lower, so North Carolina routinely gets hit hard.

From the North Carolina Weather Department:
"North Carolina has a long and notorious history of destruction by hurricanes. Ever since the first expeditions to Roanoke Island in 1586, hurricanes are recorded to have caused tremendous damage to the state. Reliable classification of the intensity of tropical cyclones began in 1886. Since that time, there have been 951 tropical cyclones that have been recorded in the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico. Approximately 166 or 17.5% of those tropical cyclones passed within 300 miles of North Carolina. Table 1 contains the number and percentage of tropical storms and hurricanes that made landfall in North Carolina or made landfall in another state and later passed through North Carolina. The coast of North Carolina can expect to receive a tropical storm or a hurricane once every four years, while a tropical cyclone affects the state every 1.3 years."