Hurricanes never seem to hit the west coast of the US, why is that?

Question

Hurricanes never seem to hit the west coast of the US, why is that?

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Answer 1

The Pacific and Atlantic Oceans circulate in clockwise motions. So on the west side of the oceans, it brings warm water up the east coast from farther south, passes by the Arctic ocean up north and brings cold water down the east side of the ocean. So that’s why the west coast of the US gets cold water (from the Arctic) and the east coast gets warm water (from the southern waters). And the warm water is more likely to breed large storms. That’s why there’s similarly lots of storms in south east Asia as well.