But I think we've had enough excitement for one year.

I had a woman call me this morning in tears because her daughter was named Katrina, ... and she was traumatized practically to the point where she wouldn't go out of the house.

The issue, really, this year is the anomalously warm sea surface temperatures in the Atlantic,

They've got winds of between 39 and 60 miles per hour along the coast of the Carolinas. The radius of 60 mile-per-hour winds is just about at Wilmington now.

The August update to Atlantic hurricane season outlook called for 18 to 21, so I would hope it doesn't go any higher than that, but it's a possibility.

It's got similar characteristics, except it's just a little lower in latitude. The issue is what happens when it gets out over the very warm waters of the central Gulf.

It really is a very ecumenical product that we put out here. The other sovereign nations that we work with recognize that what goes around comes around so they are willing to help us and we are willing to provide them with what we predict will happen.

They've been right eight years out of eight. I don't know if I'd take a bet on things going over. But it might, and it would be another thing to talk about for the history books.

This current episode started in 1995, when we had 11 hurricanes. Normal is six. This year we expect nine to 11.

Anything Category 5 and above is likely to cause catastrophic damage.