This morning we have the Weather Channel on the TV, and they were discussing...among other things...the current situation in the Tropics as the Atlantic hurricane season enters its final weeks. The other day, at almost the same time and after many days of looking of two weak systems...one in the western Caribbean and the other north of Puerto Rico...they were both suddenly named tropical storms, Nadine and Oscar. Nadine quickly landed in Central America at Belize and dumped its rains on that small country and further on in Mexico's eastern end. Oscar briefly rapidly intensified in a Category One hurricane before hitting far eastern Cuba and weakened when hostile winds from the northwest (protecting us in Florida) tore into it, redirecting it away from us into the open Atlantic. Elsewhere in the Atlantic potential tropical storm development is unlikely anytime soon. That's okay with me: I and too many others have long grown tired of this tedious, destructive Atlantic season. Beryl, Debby, Francine, Helene, Milton: no, that's way more than enough...
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