It was an ordinary day. Sunday, September 5, 2021 and there's no mention of my name in the Sunday, LNP/Lancaster Online Newspaper. I finally have a hurricane named after me and the newspaper doesn't think my name is newsworthy. A few stories were written about Hurricane Ida in the main section of the paper as well as in the Local and Living sections of the newspaper, but I couldn't find my name anywhere in the paper. Don't they know that I'm about to wreak havoc on the world with winds of 125 mph and last until the middle of the week? How many of you ever had anything ever named after you? To me...it's a big deal, especially when it is passing close to some of my favorite islands my wife and I enjoy visiting. At first I thought I just imagined seeing my name on a hurricane, but after reading online stories about the hurricane that was listed as a category 3 hurricane with hurricane-force winds reaching up to 175 mph, I knew it was more than just an imaginary memory. As of this writing, Hurricane Larry is located near latitude 20.5 North, longitude 50.6 West and is moving toward the northwest at near 13 mph. 
Maximum sustained winds are near 125 mph with higher gusts. I'm expected to become a category 3 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale with little change in strength during the next few days. I'm said to be a large hurricane with winds that extend outward up to 45 miles from the center with tropical-storm-force winds of upward to 175 miles. The estimated minimum central pressure is 955 mb. Do you know what all this means to humanity? Means that some parts of the world will get hit pretty hard by Larry. Just hope he is kind to all those living in his path. I was always told that hurricanes had to be named after ladies since they are known as hurricanes and not himicanes. Guess all those people were wrong...or perhaps too many men got upset and demanded hurricanes be named after a few males. Well, I pulled up a weather map and found a "Hazards" warning that read: “ Swells generated by Larry are reaching the Lesser Antilles and are expected to spread westward to portions of the Greater Antilles, the Bahamas, and Bermuda on Monday and Tuesday. Significant swells should reach the east coast of the United States and Atlantic Canada by midweek. These swells are likely to cause life-threatening surf and rip current conditions. Please consult products from your local weather office. There are to be no hazards to land, but our beaches will get some waves! " At least my wife Carol, and my favorite island of Sint Maarten/St. Martin looks like it will not be harmed by me. I would have felt awful if I had done damage to our rental unit on St. Martin. If you never had the chance to have something named after you, I just hope it's not a damaging hurricane. I can just hear all the people that will be effected by Hurricane Larry cursing me out for years to come. I'm going to have to make sure no one yells out "Larry" in the airport when we travel the next time. Who knows what someone may do if their home was destroyed in Hurricane Larry. It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy.
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