Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Dean Update

Congratulations are in order to Dean, who was the third strongest hurricane on record at the time of landfall. Only 1988's Gilbert and an unnamed storm in 1935 were stronger.

Deprived of its warm ocean water, Dean has now been downgraded to a tropical storm. It's still very dangerous, however, as it is in the process of dumping as much as 20 inches of rain on parts of Mexico. Severe flooding and mudslides are expected to result.

With any luck, Dean's remnants will now turn north towards Texas and punish the state that gave us George W. Bush.

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