Looks as if Mother Nature is planning to ring in the New Year with a whirlwind of activity; some more hot air. So, then welcome to the party; "Happy New Year Hurricane Zeta!" So good of you to join us; old acquaintances should not be forgotten. And believe us Mother Nature, when we humans say; "How could we ever forget you?"

After all the 2005 Atlantic Tropical Hurricane Season was not just a busy one or a destructive one; it literally blew away the record book. We have the most Tropical Storms, the most named storms, the most Hurricanes, three of the most powerful storms ever recorded, we ran out of names and it was the longest season as it started two-weeks early and finished one week late with Hurricane Epsilon. Not to mention that Hurricane Wilma, the most powerful Hurricane ever recorded, had winds off the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale of a Cat Five. It should have been a Category Six, but we humans had not thought of that previously.

Apparently Mother Nature wishes to remind us that she is the boss and that she is looking forward to the New Year and the Upcoming 2006 Tropical Hurricane Season, as she seems to want to get a 6-month heads start. Looks like we are in for much more of this in 2006.