I've been on the water at Fishers all afternoon watching those cells blow up around Worcester. Beastly updrafts and beautiful anvils. Congrats, folks. Classic summer day.
They also have huge oil wealth which funds their trillion dollar sovereign wealth fund. Take that lucky break away and things would probably look quite different.
Since you made similar time of death declarations for the 2017 season a week before the Atlantic went bonkers, I'll take your thoughts as another favorable data point for a hyperactive peak.