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The whole "limit" on names seems silly to me. Why can't there be a Xavier or Quentin, at least for an exceptional year such as this one? What possible harm would be done? I don't see the point of even having a naming rotation. How about this -- auction the names to the highest bidder, with the...

While there's no doubt these are very powerful storms, I wonder about the measuring technology. When we see pressure measurements from 50+ years ago, were those recorded the same way? I assume today's planes can get much closer to hurricanes and many of this century's hurricanes were probably...

Even the experts seem to be guessing wildly when it comes to these things. Dr. Jeff Masters, whose widely followed blog provides updates every few hours on www.wunderground.com said as recently as yesterday that Rita was "unlikely to reach Cat 4 status." Well, we're at Cat 5 now. The...