Oh no - my trees!

A Warm Atlantic Stokes Hurricane Fears

Stretching from the coast of West Africa to the Caribbean is a band of warm water several hundred miles wide where most Atlantic tropical storm systems “spin up,” gaining speed and size as they move toward the eastern seaboard and the Gulf of Mexico.

Meteorologists are watching these waters closely this year as satellite measurements show surface temperatures to be abnormally high — one of several signatures of a busy hurricane season to come.

These warm waters are one reason the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration warned in May that this year’s Atlantic hurricane season might well be one of the busiest on record, with 14 to 23 named storms.

Knew I should never have planted that one tree so many years ago. Too big to take down by myself at this point - and too close to the house. Sure it's healthy but hurricane winds scare the crap out of me when I watch those limbs bending and swaying.