In article Z3DWn.57874$We4.38531@hurricane,
Martin Rowley writes:
" MIAMI, June 29 (UPI) -- Alex Tuesday became the first
hurricane of the 2010 season and the first June hurricane since
1955, forecasters in Miami said."

... I hadn't realised that it was so long since we had an (Atlantic?)
hurricane in June.

The Americans have a strange way of using the language that we
theoretically share. For a moment I thought that a hurricane had been
named "Alex Tuesday".
--
John Hall

"I don't even butter my bread; I consider that cooking."
Katherine Cebrian