Category Archives: hurricane

Tropical Storm ONE is ready to deliver 10-20 inches of rain to western Cuba. It probably will become Tropical Storm Alberto later today or tomorrow. Anyone want to guess how many named storms we’ll have this year after last year’s record … Continue reading →

Today marks the end of the 2005 hurricane season. Starting tomorrow any storms will go unnamed until the 2006 storm season starts June 1st. We’ve had a record 26 named storms. Before this year I had no idea what happened … Continue reading →

There’s something disquieting in the thought that God/Mother Nature/The Cosmic Muffin is merely preparing for a formal release of a real hurricane season. I don’t think that beta testing is really necessary — tropical storm formation and devastation seem to … Continue reading →

A true relation of my weather-worried grandmother, I am still scarfing up information on hurricanes.  I find the carnival-like, “Oh Boy, it’s going to be a disaster!” commentary on television distasteful.  But, I also find myself surfing for details. Some … Continue reading →

If only my grandmother were still alive! She’d been in nervous-weather heaven this hurricane season. Although she lived just south of Boston in not exactly prime hurricane territory, she tracked every storm and was sure that each was going to … Continue reading →