3 OCTOBER. EAST COAST (U.S.): HURRICANES

The east coast has not experienced a tropical storm or hurricane this summer, the first I can remember, and I believe hurricane ERIKA, which passed well to the east, far at sea, is the only one. Media coverage of the ENSO reported, citing a NOAA source, that there have only been three years in recorded meteorological history (period of record keeping), without summer hurricanes. William Gray's tropical meteorological page on the Colorado State University Home Page carries a report.--Herb Austin <haustin@vims.edu>