Dotted Lines Do Not Make Me Feel So Comfy

Even though I know the dotted line is not an actual projection but simply represents a collection of other lines from models all over the place–an average–I do feel like taking a holiday trip for the long weekend.  Hopefully it only represents what would happen if you combined the stats of part-time and full-time hurricanes so that it is not a useful predictor of the actual gamed system in which part-time storms do not count in USNews. 

Consider that at one point in time the Republican Party was considering holding its Sept. 1, 2008 convention in New Orleans.  Would have been simply delicious if it had been set for the Convention Center, the Superdome, and the WalMart on Tchoupitoulas Street.  Better yet the I-10 overpass.  [Alan Childress]