To Heck with Bill, Here's Looking Forward to Hurricane Danny

We go no windsurfing, much less wavesailing, on eastern LI out of Hurricane Bill.   Bill was "le big disappointmente" as people who fake their French (like me) might say.    On Sunday I went to the beach at Flying Point with friends to watch some spectacular sets come in, whilst a half dozen lifeguards stood on the beach, ready to drag out the remains of anyone who wanted to take a swim.  The beach break was nuts...when the suck and sets lined up perfectly for excavation we had five foot waves breaking in six inches of water.

Now returned to the windless hell of August, I'm awaiting news of the next tropical storm or big H that might liven things up.  His name will be Danny (originally this post said Claudette, but I got straightened out by Clyde...thanks Clyde!) followed by Erika, Fred, Grace, Henri (Henri, you breeing thee beeg winds, yes?) and so on.  Get the names for the Atlantic Storms of 2009 right here, folks:

Ana, Bill, Claudette, Danny, Erika, Fred, Grace, Henri, Ida, Joaquin, Kate, Larry, Mindy, Nicholas, Odette, Peter, Rose, Sam, Teresa, Victor, Wanda.

(Thank you NOAA for naming the storms!)

Comments

[Clyde]

Claudette has come and gone. Tropical storm Claudette hit the Florida panhandle while then tropical storm Bill was growing up to be a hurricane.

[the editor]

Thanks, Clyde...as per your comment I've edited the post a bit!

[Jon]

Is Danny on the way? Forecast for the weekend is showing lots of wind and temps 10 to 15 degrees cooler than normal - I think I'll go find my small board and start to clear my schedule. Maybe we'll get some breeze.......

[scott k]

DANNY IS COMING & LOOKING ALOT MORE PROMISING THAN BILL ALTHOUGH BILL BROUGHT US EPIC WAVES INSIDE THE INLET !