... the start of Hurricane season 2015 -- which is *officially* tomorrow, despite the fact that Ana already happened in May.
It may only be the second year that I have a personal stake in the outcome (because I'm now a Floridian, with my stints as Chicagoan and central Pennsylvanian now in the record books), and it may be that these particular environs haven't had anything substantial to discuss since 2005's Wilma (which, by its name, you know hit late in the season [in turn, it was the first major one since 1950 to hit my current 'hood, so there's hope that we might be on a once-every-55-years instead of a once-every-10-years cycle]) ... but it still means that I have to be "in the know" when it comes to storm preparedness.
At a minimum, that means scoping out the list of potential names ... I'm somewhat partial to
Hurricane Fred (it just sounds so basic), but also secretly hopeful that we get to back-to-back named storms Pete(r) and Rose (because I know how much he enjoys his press). All kidding aside ... here's hoping that it's a calm uneventful season, and that, wherever storms make landfall, folks are prepared.
From me and mine to you and yours ... Happy Hurricane season!
FORECAST IS FOR BELOW NORMAL:
http://www.weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/hurricane-season-forecast-atlantic-2015-noaa-weather-channel-csu
A SUPPLY LIST (YOU KNOW, JUST IN CASE ...):
http://www.al.com/news/mobile/index.ssf/2015/05/hurricane_season_2015_heres_a.html
HURRICANE NAMING FOR DUMMIES:
http://miami.about.com/od/weather/a/2015hurricanes.htm
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