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So far, we are only 1 storm behind the 2005 hurricane season (we are back to the names used for that year, too). I think that they should have used the name Kelly or something equally "not like Katrina" when they retired the name Katrina (in the same vein, they used Rina to replace Rita, but then Rita doesn't really have the same power as a name as Katrina does. Katrina invokes images of people sitting on their roofs. Rita was stronger but didn't hit New Orleans, so it's usually only remembered by weather geeks and people who live in or near Sabine Pass, TX).
The good news from 2005 to this year is that, while we are running almost even with the storms, we are not running even on their intensities. At this point in 2005, we had already had 5 hurricanes (Cindy, Dennis, Emily, Irene, Katrina) and 3 major hurricanes (Dennis, Emily and Katrina). This time we've only had one hurricane and one major hurricane (Irene).
In 2005, we had to start using Greek letters to name them... let's hope it's not like that this year!
(On a side note, the names rotate every six years... in 2013, if we were to get to the W names... the tropical storm/hurricane would be named Wendy. I think that the NHC was poking fun with that one)
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