N is for...

...NO MORE STORMS!!!
...New Orleans =( don't think i need to elaborate on this one
...November 30: last day of hurricane season. can't come soon enough
...Names of hurricanes that have been retired: 1954 - Carol & Hazel; 1955 - Connie, Diane, Ione & Janet; 1957 - Audrey; 1960 - Donna; 1961 - Carla & Hattie; 1963 - Flora; 1964 - Cleo, Dora & Hilda; 1965 - Betsy; 1966 - Inez; 1967 - Beulah; 1968 - Edna; 1969 - Camille; 1970 - Celia; 1972 - Agnes; 1974 - Carmen & Fifi; 1975 - Eloise; 1977 - Anita; 1979 - David & Frederic; 1980 - Allen; 1983 - Alicia; 1985 - Elena & Gloria; 1988 - Gilbert & Joan; 1989 - Hugo; 1990 - Diana & Klaus; 1991 - Bob; 1992 - Andrew; 1995 - Luis, Marilyn, Opal & Roxanne; 1996 - Cesar, Fran & Hortense; 1998 - Georges & Mitch; 1999 - Floyd & Lenny; 2000 - Keith; 2001 - Allison, Iris & Michelle; 2002 - Isidore & Lili; 2003 - Fabian, Isabel & Juan and newly added this past spring: 2004 - Charley, Frances, Ivan & Jeanne. the retired 2004 names will be replaced with Colin, Fiora, Igor & Julia when that list rotates through again in 2010.
...No more names left on this year's list? if we keep going at this pace, we will have to start using the Greek alphabet for any named storms after Wilma.
...National Hurricane Center website which i have bookmarked & keep a careful eye on through hurricane season--as if you hadn't figured that out already...LOL
...Tropical Storm Nate who looks like he will also stay out to sea...

...Not overly thrilled with this though ("this" being Tropical Depression 16)...

...(edit to add) Nagging: what Andie does until i put my next list up LOL--don't believe me? check out the comments & you will see that this addition was *her* idea!