With all the talk about a record El Niño coming this summer and climate change generally leading to more severe storms, we all need to read up on weather monitoring—tropical storms don’t stay in the tropics. The remnants curve up the eastern seaboard of the U.S. and follow the gulf stream across the Atlantic. The west coast ones can impact all the way up to the Pacific Northwest, bringing strong winds and heavy rain to Oregon, Washington and British Columbia. I once got stuck in Cork Harbour, Ireland for a week while the remnants of a hurricane ripped through with severe gales and 30-foot seas.
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