Hurricane Season Could Be Extremely Busy

The 2008 hurricane season could be a very busy one. Given the fact that we've been seeing reports of twisters devastating parts of the south and east this winter and spring- and reports of tornadoes striking northern and central Colorado; southeast Wyoming, and the Santa Ana, California area yesterday- it wouldn't surprise me if the first tropical storm begins blowing the first week of June. And hurricane season starts June 1.

The National Hurricane Center predicts 12 to 16 storms, with six to nine of those becoming hurricanes. Two to five of those hurricanes could be major ones. Now whether any of those will be like Katrina of August 2005; or even Andrew of August 1992, who knows? But given recent disasters- typhoon Nargis that recent devastated Myanmar; those aforementioned tornadoes (that March 14 event in Atlanta still sticks strong in my mind)- 2008 could turn out to be one of the wildest years that nature has unfurled on us.

New Orleans could once again be under the gun, and Miami itself may find itself like the Big Easy did three years ago. Exacerbating that situation, of course, is the fact that the Miami/Fort Lauderdale/Key West area is right on the Atlantic. If a Category Five were to strike- and it could very well do just that- Miami, and life in that region will likely never be the same again. Of course, I'm just speculating that a hurricane could strike Miami this year. But even as I'm no forecaster- let alone a psychic- I'm just getting that feeling that some major storm will hit southeast Florida this year. I'd love to be wrong about that.

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