Fruity Hurricanes & Natural Disasters

Today, Wilma will become more than Fred Flintstone's prehistoric wife...she will become this season's 12th hurricane (talk about evolution!). The storm formed just a couple days ago and is also the 21st named storm this hurricane season, tying the record established in 1933. Unfortunately, it looks like Wilma is going to make her way into the Gulf of Mexico, where she will most likely do like Rita, Katrina, and Dennis and grow immensely. But anything can happen between now and then...

Meanwhile, the season still has 6 weeks left (ending November 30th), and should a 22nd storm form, it will be given the name Alpha, as the current name lists only allow for 21 storms. Any beyond 21 are assigned Greek letters in alphabetical order, naturally. Personally, I think the Greek letters sound much cooler than people names. Let's face it, who wants to know that their name is also the name of a hurricane that wreaked havoc? And Hurricane Omega just sounds so much better than Hurricane Ophelia or Opus. Or maybe we could do like Gwynth Paltrow and name the storms after fruit: Hurricane Apple...Hurricane Banana...Hurricane Pineapple...Hurricane Tomato. I'd love to see forecasters and the media saying "Hurricane Grapefruit is now a Category 3 storm..." Oh man...I'm cracking myself up...

Being serious again, it seems some people have decided that the numerous natural disasters lately are the result of an angry God...that the Apocalpyse is near. While that is very optimistic and makes me feel all warm and happy, it's not quite accurate, in my opinion. Remember, people used to think thunder storms were the gods fighting in the heavens. Take a look at this article about our perception that natural disasters seem much more common and why that may seem so: Natural Disasters Becoming More Common Food for thought...

Alright, time for me to finish my yogurt and start this day...YEAH!!