Boris is my kind of tropical storm. Other than having a cool name, which conjures up memories of Boris Karloff (the great actor who played roles such as Frankenstein in the 1930s) Boris is way the heck out in the Pacific Ocean, aiming even further out to sea, unlikely to do much more than whip up some waves and scare some fish . I wish all of the tropical systems in the Atlantic would be as well behaved. But we all know better than that, don’t we ? The good news on this Monday morning is the tropical Atlantic remains nice and calm . Which is normal for this time of year. On average, the first tropical storm doesn’t emerge until July 10 . Although we’ve already seen Tropical Storm Arthur , that was an aberration; it formed on May 31, a day before the official start of the season – and then amounted to nothing . Now, in light of Boris, you might think the “N” storm in the Pacific this year would be named Natasha in honor of the Rocky and Bullwinkle Show . But no ... it's Norbert (Nana in the Atlantic). ...
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