The highly-respected hurricane prognosticator, Dr. William
Gray is predicting nine hurricanes for the upcoming 2006
season and 17 named storms. He predicts five of the
hurricanes will be "intense" -category three or greater.
Perhaps the most unsettling prediction, is that there is a
82% chance that one of the major hurricanes will come ashore
somewhere in the United States. (The average for the last
century is 52%.)

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