There is a connection that has been hypothesized -- and all but proven -- by one of the preemininent hurricane/tropical meteorology professors out there that a landfalling major hurricane in the Atlantic tends to result in enough drag on the rotation of the Earth to cause a reaction in the tectonic plates, generally on the other side of the globe, a few days later in the form of an earthquake. It's happened at least a couple of times this year.

On Lisa -- finally, she's extratropical. Tomorrow should be the first day since the birth of Frances that the entire basin has lacked a storm -- a span that has stretched over a month since August 25th. It was really interesting to read the 11pm NHC discussion on the storm, mainly because I eat the transition stuff up...and they mentioned my "boss" and his work directly in the text. In any case though, knock on wood, we should be quiet for at least a short time to come.