from the bits and pieces of info gathered from the National Hurricane Center, I believe the experts would be in agreement with you Jrod, it seems to be shaping up for an active season, I can only hope that Florida doesnt bare the brunt of multiple cat 3's or higher.

I like the barrel in your avatar. This will be an interesting year.

Nice discussion, folks, and I hope to see more data on this.

Question (I don't have time for the research, here) is this an unusual La Nina pattern or a standard one?

I have to agree that it will be a wet season in the south and we had lots of hurricanes last summer I believe it may be worst this year.

We are still trying to dry out from the last two weeks of rains and floods.

I am afraid that my roof is going to start leaking every where. Great find.

I am nt trying to be rude, but I seriously want to know jsut what it is that you are suggesting?

Every 7-10 years we have an el-Nino, nothing new. What's the big deal?

If I am missing something then please cure my ignorance.

But from everything I understand (especially as someone who was raised with repeated "el-Nino" warnings.......this is nothing new