Alberto
Beryl
Chris
Debby
Ernesto
Florence
Gordon
Helene
Isaac
Joyce
Kirk
Leslie
Michael
Nadine
Oscar
Patty
Rafael
Sandy
Tony
Valerie
William

I’m going to be getting familiar with some of these names, I think. I should start a pool or something as to how many, and which hurricane/s is/are going to hit the east coast of Florida. I will bet on three hurricanes: Ernesto, Gordon and Patty.

I think if a hurricane is getting close and dangerous this year I’ll head up to Canada - and probably have a snowstorm hit. Ah well, the powder will be good for snowboarding then I guess.

Another thing, the 10 most expensive hurricanes to hit the US (source = Wikipedia) (costs are inflation adjusted):

Katrina ($75B)
Andrew ($44.9B)
Charlie ($15.4B)
Ivan ($14.6B)
Hugo ($12.6B)
Wilma ($12.2B)
Agnes ($11.6B)
Betsy ($11.1B)
Rita ($9.4B)
Frances ($9.1B)

I’ve watched 6 of those come through while I’ve been here in the US. Daaaaamn.

Sometimes it takes me a while to get around to stuff… like Skype for example. For those of you I know back in Oz, England, wherever you’ve gone, my Skype handle is daecks. So anyway, add me to your contact list! Or, let me know what other VoIP networks you may use. Or, continue thinking “PK, I don’t really want to talk to you…”. This stuff should be all operational within the next few days.

I’m heading back to Australia for nearly 2 weeks at the end of this month. I’ll be in Adelaide from the 22nd April till May 2nd. During the weekdays I’ll actually be working but my weeknights should be relatively free. On the weekends I have to fit in a bachelor party, wedding and probably a 21st and a 50th as well. It would still be awesome to catch up any friends back there! Let me know if you’ll be around by sending an e-mail to daecks@gmail.com. Due to me losing a lot of my contacts, it’s probably pretty likely I don’t have your number.