Absolutely. Everybody is on the "Catastrophic Train" of late....lol. It's real easy to get caught up in the Hype(like lots here do) when that's all you see on the news/weather channel etc etc... And terms like Devastating and Catastrophic become common phrases for things many times that aren't even close to that type of magnitude. What happened in the Bahamas was Catastrophic and what happened in Florence last year was too; and Maria in P.R.; Harvey, Katrina, Andrew, Hugo etc etc....those do deserve the extreme terms put on them.
And like you said, the chances of any tropical storm/hurricane hitting north of NC is rare...it happens from time to time as we all know, but it's a rare occurrence, and has a 99% chance of not happening as the Goofus just depicted. But as Weather enthusiasts, it's interesting to entertain the possibilities nonetheless.