Oh geez...remember the poor little town where all the coffins popped out of the ground and were floating around from Hurricane Floyd?
Trivia--There was another hurricane shortly prior to Hurricane Floyd in 1999--Hurricane Dennis. Dennis & Floyd had similar paths as they moved past Florida toward NC. Hurricane Dennis 1999 is the image in my Surf's Up Ping logo. The name Dennis was finally retired in 2005, the notorious year when five storm names were retired.
Speaking of trivia - I bet there aren’t too many that remember Hurricane Gabrielle...........I know you do. So do I, but for a different reason :)
Hey, NN, just saw on the NOAA website that Irene is now a Cat 2. Not good.
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCUAT4+shtml/222348.shtml
...IRENE NOW A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE...
REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT INDICATE
THAT IRENE HAS STRENGTHENED...AND IS NOW A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE
WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF 100 MPH...155 KM/H. DETAILS WILL
FOLLOW IN A SPECIAL ADVISORY TO BE ISSUED BY 815 PM AST...0015 UTC.