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To: tejek who wrote (240586)	7/8/2005 2:30:32 PM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572371

re: BTW I spoke with my cousin and his wife last nite. His wife is native Floridian. She says the kind of hurricane seasons you guys are having now and last year is more normal......not for the past 15 years but for when she was a kid. At that time, hurricanes coming as early as July was fairly routine. Apparently, for the last 15 years, the state has been in a drought and the hurricane season much less severe. Given this scenario, she knew this year was starting to play out like last year........lots of rain and no drought. Not really "normal"--- The hurricane center's lead forecaster, Martin Nelson, said it was the first time the Atlantic hurricane season had four named storms this early since record-keeping began in 1851. The season runs from June 1 to Nov. 30. news.yahoo.com But it is cyclical, and they say we are going into a cycle of increased activity, after a 20 year cycle of low activity.

To: tejek who wrote (240586)	7/8/2005 7:45:45 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572371

RE:"She says the kind of hurricane seasons you guys are having now and last year is more normal." "If she's right, then it may be the way things will be like this for a while........which, unfortunately, may mean more hurricanes than many new arrivals [the past 15 years] to the state are used to" She's right. I can remember storms at the end of May and early June. What we are having now is more like what I remember from 20-30 years ago. I'm sitting here in St. Petersburg right now. Just had a dang squall move through about an hour ago. If this thing wavers a little to the right you will probably be able to get a boat real cheap in a couple days.