And this year is yet another year, after two relatively inactive years (for US landfalls) anyway, will we have another? Hopefully so.

2007 was a very active year despite the lack of landfalls, a December Storm, two landfalling Category 5 systems in Mexico and Central America, and a general west west west motion. Hurricane Humberto, a last minute hurricane, made landfall southwest of Port Arthur, Texas, and was the only landfalling US hurricane of the season.

There was a post season storm, Olga, that crossed Puerto Rico, and fell apart when eventually the remnants entered the gulf and over Florida causing a few Tornadoes.

Dean and Felix were the monsters of the season, never before have two Category 5 systems made landfall as Category five in a single year. Dean pushed west, causing trouble for Jamaica, and then eventually making landfall in the southeastern Yucatan, and again near Tampico. Felix was a westward bound storm that managed to strike Honduras and Nicaragua.

Other systems caused havoc in Haiti with landslides, and more. 2007 was by no means a quiet season, but for the US it seemed like it.

May 2008 remain another inactive year for the states, and hopefully the rest of the basin as well. Although we may have another "slow" year this year (however there are some indications that it may be much more active), it only takes one system to buck the trend. Hurricane Andrew happened in an otherwise very slow season back in 1992.

The official start of the Atlantic Hurricane Season is on June 1st, the Eastern Pacific starts on May 15th. We'll be watching as usual and we hope this year remains quiet. The focus here will remain reporting on as much solid information as possible, keeping the "Wishcasting" and speculation to a minimum, and attempts to focus more facts.

Thanks to all who donated in 2007, we nearly broke even on costs this year.

Have a great and wonderful new year!