Paging Mr. Bat. Mr. Football Bat.

Prediction: the storm that affects oil supplies the most is Lorenzo.

 

BA-DUM DUM DING!

 

Damn, that's fine.

 

Good on you, MM.

Judging some of the female names this year, some Southern stripper bars are gonna be mighty timely.

 

Nick Nolte and Susan Sarandon are happy that somebody remembers.

 

Other predictions:

Dean -- loud, strong early, fizzles out before making any impact
Felix -- either is a mess or causes a mess
Ingrid -- will go from hurricane to depression and back to hurricane again, all in one lifetime
Noel -- either a freak December storm or takes a drunken path through the Atlantic, living on reputation
Pablo -- so sheared and odd-looking that nobody will recognize it as a tropical system
Van -- will make landfall down by the river

They can't all be Lorenzo's Oil.

 

This first one would have been Allison, but that name was retired after the tropical storm (not hurricane) that devastated Houston in 2001.

For the Modern Lovers fans out there: Will Hurricane Pablo ever be called an asshole?

 

I predict that Jerry will be mondo. And nothing will stop Karen. I think things could get a little frostie before Wendy arrives.