Hurricane alley?

Last Friday (Sept. 10) was the peak of hurricane season. Time to celebrate? Not quite.

If you look at what's happening in the tropics, it's busy as ever. This weekend, Hurricane Igor rapidly intensified to a category 4 storm with maximum winds of 150mph. Tropical Storm Julia formed and now has 40mph winds.

The good news? Both these Cape Verde storms are expected to swing across the Atlantic and die a cold death as they hit colder waters.

Hurricane Igor

Tropical Storm Julia

Come October, it'll be the time to keep an eye on the warm waters of the Caribbean and the western Atlantic, according to T. F. "Storm" WALSH III, who blogs on the hurricane tracking and monitoring site http://www.wunderground.com/.

To say the least, this hasn't been your typical hurricane season, but here's hoping our luck continues and storms keep getting blown away from the United States.

-Chrystian Tejedor