The first day of the 2008 Hurricane Season is here and it already has tropical storm to welcome it. Before the season could officially begin Tropical Storm Arthur was moving across the Yucatan Peninsula. The storm has not weakened into a tropical depression and is expected to continue as a depression through Tuesday.

Forecasters have predicted that this season will be above average. There forecast calls for 15 named storms, 8 of those being hurricanes, and 4 out of the 8 hurricanes becoming intense. As the report states, these are forecasts and predictions and they are not set in stone. That being said, Floridians know the drill and should prepare wisely for the hurricane season.

• FloridaDisaster.org is one place to go to prepare a disaster plan.
• The National Hurricane Center has a list of items you should include in you Hurricane Supply Kit