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.
While I am absolutely positive that weather manipulation happens via haarp, nexrad and other tech, we also have to remember the BP oil spill literally changed the ocean current in the gulf and could be contributing to the change in hurricane performance. Prior to the BP spill there was a gulf conveyor which cam up the coast of South and Central America, made a loop in the gulf then continued up the east coast. Since the spill that loop doesn't exist anymore, the conveyor bypasses the gulf and just goes straight up the coast.
I would be careful with just flat out saying it's weather manipulation.
That said, the dissipation of Milton as compared to the n Carolina hurricane is extremely odd so who knows...