We are off to a great start. By this time last year, we had already endured Dennis and were staring down the barrell of more storms.
For reference, the following are the names and landfalls (if any) for this year:
Alberto (Tropical Storm – U.S. Florida)
Beryl (Tropical Storm – U.S. NE Seaboard)
Chris (Tropical Storm – UNKNOWN)
Debby
Ernesto
Florence
Gordon
Helene
Isaac
Joyce
Kirk
Leslie
Michael
Nadine
Oscar
Patty
Rafael
Sandy
Tony
Valerie
William
None of the names sound all that terrible, except maybe Rafael, then again, the name Katrina did not exactly inspire fear until her power was known (see the blog entry Katrina).
The next week looks to be pretty quiet in the tropics, as development is not expected.