First day of Fall!

Ahh, a nice and cool day for the first day of fall and for starters...lets discuss Hurricanes! I got a question from an anonymous person and it read: "It is my understanding that hurricanes are named alphabetically. Since Katrina starts with "K," does this in fact mean that there have been several other hurricanes of lesser magnitude, elsewhere in the world, which have started with "L" through "Q," which brings us up to "R" for Rita? Is this a normal amount or is the frequency of hurricanes steadily increasing worldwide? Just wondering..." First off, yes they are named alphabetically and are named from a boys name to a girls name in between each name. NOAA usually sets a list of 21 Atlantic Hurricane names, they have never been over that number before untill maybe this year? If we get more than 21 Hurricanes or Tropical storms we will start naming the Hurricanes roman names. The normal amount of Hurricanes and Tropical storms is 11 yearly. Some belive we are in pattern where we will get above normal amounts of Hurricanes, maybe for 10 more years. Why? I don't belive its Global Warming, and I don't belive in the new worlds definition of "Global Warming". I will write a column on that later. Its just a Climatic Pattern, it comes and goes. Thanks for the questions! Take Care!