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ELI5: Why do hurricanes hit the U.S. East Coast so often but never on the West Coast?
gpt
In the northern hemisphere the ocean current circulates clockwise. 

Hurricanes form in the warm southern tropics.  

Therefore hurricanes generally move east to west and eventually south to north. 

In order for a hurricane to hit California it would have to form near Mexico, travel west to around Hawaii and then north before turning back east towards Cali. That part of the pacific is really cold and the hurricane will die out.