This is always fun. Let’s check out how many Internet search hits come up for each of our Presidential and Vice Presidential nominees:
YAHOO
Barack Obama – 427,000,000
John McCain – 286,000,000
Joe Biden – 77,100,000
Sarah Palin – 54,500,000
GOOGLE
Barack Obama – 65,100,000
John McCain – 44,100,000
Sarah Palin – 7,620,000
Joe Biden – 6,290,000
Additional GOOGLE Searches
George W. Bush – 52,200,000
Bill Clinton – 32,600,000
Ronald Reagan – 12,300,000
Every 6 years the National Hurricane Center recycles names in alphabetical order for Tropical Storms and Hurricanes. So Arthur, Bertha, Cristobal, Dolly, and Edouard – we’ve seen you all before – in 2002. We’ve even seen Fay, Gustav, and Hanna before in 2002. None of those storms were rather significant back then. In fact Gustav was the only Hurricane of the bunch – a Category 2 storm that eventually made landfall way up in the Canadian Maritimes. We’ve probably seen the last of both Fay and Gustav. I’m thinking that both of those names will be retired early next year and replaced with all-new names for the 2014 season. Fay and Hanna were actually born during the Spring of 1997 when Fran and Hortense were retired following the 1996 season. Gustav was used in 1984, 1990, 1996, 2002, and 2008. In its 5TH incarnation it will probably be retired due to the damage that it caused and its mere notoriety all along the upper Gulf Of Mexico coastline (particularly the New Orleans area).
—> DID YOU KNOW that prior to the 1979 season only female names were given to Tropical Storms and Hurricanes ? Equal Rights !
And then there’s Ike – a name that’s never been used before. That’s because ‘Ike’ replaced ‘Isidore’ following the 2002 season. Isidore was the costliest and 2ND strongest hurricane of the 2002 season. It was retired following the season (along with Lili).
It remains to be seen whether or not Ike will be retired after this season is over. It will be retired if it causes a lot of damage and / or kills a lot of people. We’ll know for sure within the next 7 days.
Prepare for the worst. Hope for the best. Be safe.
DO THE BLOGROLL ! And we do it just like this:
Travis presents his survival guide to Hurricane Ike.
J.T. filled in for P.J. as he presented his synopsis of last Sunday morning at the LPC.
Kourtney, McKenna, and Blake have been to states that I’ve never been to before.
Billy presents the major difference between Joe Biden and Sarah Palin.
Ritz is hangin’ out this weekend at my former playground near Orlando.
Rebecca knows how to party at FSU with fried donuts and oreos and boy band dancing.
Luciana is apparently a fan of those ‘Desperate Housewives’.
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