You have not heard this unusual bit of news in the national media. Likely you will not, unless those media outlets pick up the information from this Yellowhammer News article.

Here is the unusual news bulletin: There have been no hurricanes in the Gulf of America. Ever. And no tropical storms.

The 2025 hurricane season officially ends November 30. No storms are headed for the Gulf at this time, and none are expected.

Of course, the Gulf was just renamed from the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America by President Donald Trump earlier this year. With that renaming, there seems to have developed a hedge of protection for the American Gulf states.

There have been no landfalls in the Gulf states from tropical storms or hurricanes in 2025, since the Gulf was renamed.

As of November 30, the Gulf has undergone an entire hurricane season under its new name — June 1 to November 30.

Not only were there no landfalls, but the center of every named storm this season either stayed out to sea or made landfall somewhere other than the U.S. Gulf states, sparing the Gulf of America coast from a single direct hit.

Maybe President Trump should rename the Atlantic Ocean the “American Ocean.” The new name would make perfectly good sense, as the two continents of North and South America comprise the western extent of the Atlantic Ocean, along with Central America. It’s a different situation on the eastern side, with the Arctic, Europe, Africa and the Antarctic making up the boundary.

Definitely, this is the American Ocean. Christopher Columbus could have named it that, but he preceded Amerigo Vespucci, for whom the continents are named.

President Trump has a technique of boldly detailing positive things about his second administration. What the Never-Trumpers call “bragging,” others call “pointing out what some national media will not articulate” — positive changes under the watch of Trump 47.

I would not be surprised if we see a Truth Social post from the president pointing out that there have been no hurricanes or tropical storms in the Gulf of America. None at all.

And this positive situation will go on for a good while. With the 2025 hurricane season ending, the 2026 season will not start until June 1, 2026. That means there will likely be no hurricanes in the Gulf of America until at least June 2026 — and maybe not then. That’s a long period for Trump supporters to mention the unusual fact of no hurricanes and for Never-Trumpers to pooh-pooh it.

Jim Zig Zeigler is a contributing writer for Yellowhammer News. His beat includes the positive and colorful about Alabama – her people, events, groups and prominent deaths. He is a former State Auditor and Public Service Commissioner. You can reach him at [email protected].