Oops!

I should have added this but I think it needs its own separate bit...it will be recurring as often as pelicans, so get used to it (my *regular* post for today is below this)

Today is the first day of Hurricane season. Here is the word from NHC. The outlooks are for a mild season, but the cliche "It only takes one" is a cliche for a reason. It happens. Every year, somewhere, more than once. So, get your plan ready, clean up your debris and make your stash of water, food etc. preferably now. There are tons of hurricane plans online you can google, check lists abound. Do your part so you don't have to say, Oh, I wish I'd... if that time comes.

Remember this? Just last year? It could have been us, very easily, as a Cat 4

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TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
800 AM EDT MON JUN 1 2009

FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO...

TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS.

TODAY MARKS THE FIRST DAY OF THE ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON...WHICH
WILL RUN UNTIL NOVEMBER 30. LONG-TERM ANNUAL AVERAGES OF TROPICAL
STORMS...HURRICANES...AND MAJOR HURRICANES IN THIS BASIN ARE 11...
6...AND 2...RESPECTIVELY.

THE LIST OF NAMES FOR 2009 IS AS FOLLOWS:
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ANA AH- NAH
BILL MINDY
CLAUDETTE CLAW DET
DANNY
ERIKA ERR- REE KA
FRED
GRACE
HENRI AHN REE-
IDA
JOAQUIN WAH KEEN-
KATE
LARRY
MINDY
NICHOLAS
ODETTE - 0 DET
PETER
ROSE
SAM
TERESA
VICTOR
WANDA

THIS PRODUCT...THE TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK...BRIEFLY DESCRIBES
SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF DISTURBED WEATHER AND THEIR POTENTIAL FOR
TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS. BEGINNING
THIS YEAR...THE OUTLOOK WILL ALSO CONTAIN CATEGORICAL PROBABILITIES
OF FORMATION...I.E. LOW...LESS THAN 30 PERCENT...MEDIUM...30 TO 50
PERCENT...OR HIGH...GREATER THAN 50 PERCENT FOR EACH DISTURBANCE
DESCRIBED. THE ISSUANCE TIMES OF THIS PRODUCT ARE 2 AM...8 AM...
2 PM...AND 8 PM EDT. AFTER THE CHANGE TO STANDARD TIME IN
NOVEMBER...THE ISSUANCE TIMES WILL BE 1 AM...7 AM...1 PM...AND 7 PM
EDT.