The August update to Atlantic hurricane season outlook called for 18 to 21, so I would hope it doesn't go any higher than that, but it's a possibility.
I had a woman call me this morning in tears because her daughter was named Katrina, ... and she was traumatized practically to the point where she wouldn't go out of the house.
But I think we've had enough excitement for one year.
If we get up into that league, we'll have issues larger than naming these storms. The new phrase will be hurricane fatigue. Let's coin that right now.
We go to the Greek alphabet.
This current episode started in 1995, when we had 11 hurricanes. Normal is six. This year we expect nine to 11.
It's got similar characteristics, except it's just a little lower in latitude. The issue is what happens when it gets out over the very warm waters of the central Gulf.
[One concern is that Rita will hit] the general area where all these folks from New Orleans have been evacuated, ... And there is enough hardship in that area as it is without throwing another hurricane at them.
The onshore flow of the winds tends to cause a lot of beach erosion, and because the storm is so stationary, this has been going on for at least four days.
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