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Hurricane Dean disrupts travel plans...

Are you kidding me? This is a headline on tbo.com? A category 5 hurricane was about to wreak havoc on the Yucatian Peninsula and us spoiled Americans are ticked that their travel plans got screwed up. Here's a quote from Megan Kohut of State College, PA:

"I'm highly disappointed," said Kohut, who learned of the change only after she had flown in from Pittsburgh.

What happened, was her cruise cancelled? Nope it was rerouted and her itinerary was changed. Better put her on suicide watch.

Heeeeeeeeere's Erin!

It's official, T.D. #5 is now Tropical Storm Erin. It's expected to come ashore in somewhere along the South Texas coastline tomorrow morning. This comes on the heels of TS Dean chugging along in the Atlantic. It's been quiet so far but the Hurricane Season is still young.

And if you thought the gas prices were going down, well cross your fingers. Here's an excerpt from Reuters:

The energy market was watching both storms because either could disrupt U.S. oil and natural gas production and refining in the Gulf of Mexico. Commodities traders also track tropical storms because they can damage crops in Florida and along the Gulf Coast.

Tropical Storm Dean

From TBO.com:

...Tropical Storm Dean is moving along its forecast track toward the Caribbean Sea, forecast to become a hurricane by Friday and a powerful Category 3 storm by Monday south of Haiti...

...It is still far too early to tell whether Dean will be a threat to Florida...

..forecasters also warn that "there is a possibility that Dean could be notably stronger" than the forecast estimates by Monday...

Image taken from The Weather Channel.

Here we go again!

The pacific has it's second tropical storm of the season. Barbara is off the Mexican coast and could become a hurricane. Read the full story here.

We've already had one in the atlantic, though it wasn't that strong. I guess just in time our tax free weekend on supplies starts here in Florida. Get all the details here.