Rick Patrick
rick@greenepublishing.com
In his famous play, Romeo and Juliet, the late-great “Bard” William Shakespeare, said, “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” Of course, Juliet was referring to her beau, Romeo’s, last name, not hurricanes and typhoons. When speaking of hurricanes and typhoons, it seems the old real estate idea of “location, location, location” makes all the difference.
Hurricanes and typhoons are basically the same, as both are types of tropical cyclones. The difference is simply location. Hurricanes are located in the North Atlantic Ocean and the Northeast Pacific Ocean (in the vicinity of North America and the Caribbean). Typhoons take place in the Northwest Pacific Ocean, near East Asia and Japan.
Although we have had a very quiet hurricane season thus far, and there seems to be no immediate threat, past experience tells us that it is still wise to remain prepared. Hurricane season lasts for another couple of months, until the end of November.