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Nov. 30, 2006 brought the biggest sigh of relief the insurance industry has exhaled in quite some time. It came at the end of a hurricane season that was projected to be as active as any we have seen

The hurricane season--which runs from June 1 through Nov. 30--was thought to have had only nine storms this past season, with five of them becoming hurricanes. But researchers with the National

The hurricane season--which runs from June 1 through Nov. 30--was thought to have had only nine storms this past season, with five of them becoming hurricanes. But researchers with the National Oceani

The hurricane season--which runs from June 1 through Nov. 30--was thought to have had only nine storms this past season, with five of them becoming hurricanes. But researchers with the National Oceani

The National Weather Service said it expects the El Ni?o climate effect, which weakens hurricane activity, to last into the spring of next year, creating wetter than normal weather for some U.S. regio

NOAA Administrator Conrad Lautenbacher said this year's three named storms so far have paled in comparison to the nine that formed in the same period last year. "But conditions will remain favorable

Gerry Bell, NOAA's lead seasonal hurricane forecaster, said that warmer than normal sea surface temperatures are once again evident, just as they have been since the current active Atlantic hurricane

Several news items of late have triggered both my interest and my imagination. One was a news item about a company that makes smart bombs.