Hurricane Season starts today

Today, June 1st marks the start of the 2007 Hurricane Season. This is the official start date, although typically the powerful storms don't get here until late July or early August (Andrew, the first named storm in '92 that destroyed Homestead, Florida, came on August 24th).

The State of Florida instituted a 12-day, tax-free holiday on storm items as they do every year.

Here's the NOAA page to track the storms.

Let's hope that whatever comes this way does not reach land or does not do much damage. As always, if you are near the coast or anywhere in Florida, Louisiana or the Carolinas, typical targets, be prepared.