I went to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA’s own , Historical Hurricane Tracks website

This is a very useful, interactive interface. Type in a hurricane name, a location, etc. and see historical tracks of over 13,000 storms. They show complete track, dates, strength of storm at each phase, etc.

Interesting things I found.
Although Helene was a tropical storm at that point, sitting over Asheville, it is very rare for a Hurricane to make it that far, let alone dump that much water. I found NO storms that went from Mexico, tracked East across the Gulf, to Florida.
I found NO storms that park in one spot, like we’ve seen in Houston and the Bahamas. Even the Tropical Storm that parked over Interstate 95 in South Carolina was VERY ODD.

Prior to the last 10 years or so, most, if not all storms behaved very predictably, including Katrina.

Weather manipulation is more difficult to deny.