Storm Watch 2009

From the National Hurricane Center monthly report for July:

THE 2009 SEASON IS OFF TO A SLOW START WITH NO TROPICAL STORMS OBSERVED. SINCE 1944...THERE HAVE BEEN THIRTEEN YEARS IN WHICH A TROPICAL STORM WAS NOT OBSERVED BY THE END OF JULY...MOST RECENTLY
IN 2004. (emphasis added)

In that quiet until September year of 2004, two of the four hurricanes to hit Florida directly hit Vero Beach.

We may still be running for the hills inland swamp this year!