Hurricane Season on the Horizon

June 1 approaches.

Nobody (understandably) seems to have a reliable estimate on the number of storms, but the storm names at least are chiseled in stone:

Arthur | Bertha | Cristobal | Dolly | Edouard
Fay | Gustav | Hanna | Ike | Josephine
Kyle | Laura | Marco | Nana | Omar | Paloma
Rene | Sally | Teddy | Vicky | Wilfred

Several storm names have been retired this year as well:

The committee issues a list of potential names for tropical cyclones every six years and for 2013, Dean, Felix, and Noel have been replaced with Dorian, Fernand, and Nestor. Since tropical cyclones were first named in 1953, 70 names have been retired, the first two being Carol and Hazel in 1954.

These names will not be used again because of the wide spread destruction caused by these storms.

For anyone in Louisiana, remember this weekend is a tax holiday for purchasing hurricane preparedness items.

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