{"id":2431,"date":"2010-09-01T14:51:24","date_gmt":"2010-09-01T20:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/royceeddington.com\/?p=2431"},"modified":"2010-09-01T14:51:24","modified_gmt":"2010-09-01T20:51:24","slug":"wait-which-hurricane-was-first-to-hit-the-u-s-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/royceeddington.com\/?p=2431","title":{"rendered":"Wait, which hurricane was first to hit the U.S. this year?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every so often, the Wall Street Journal makes me do a double take.<\/p>\n

Today, September 1st, 2010, the Wall Street Journal mentioned on page A7 that Hurricane Earl “could easily veer west in the coming days, becoming the first<\/em><\/strong> hurricane to hit the U.S. this season”.<\/p>\n

Hoookay then. Sooooo…<\/p>\n

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WTF was hurricane Alex? <\/a><\/p>\n

I do remember hurricane Alex coming by to say “howdy”<\/a> back around July 1st, and it was definitely more “hurricane” than “hurricane-ish”. Does the eye have to pass directly over the continental U.S.’ line of scrimmage to be considered “official”? Did the mega-sized hurricane bands from Alex that were handing out free tornadoes and monsoon-flavored water not count?<\/p>\n

Recount!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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