There would be 31 storms some with names like Alpha, Zeta but it would be the year of the Cat 5 storm with a record number of three. The most devastating would be a storm named Katrina. It would push a storm surge equivalent to a Cat 5 strom surge of at least 20 feet ashore of the USA Gulf Coast causing thousands of deaths with the majority in a neglected district of New Orleans called The Lower Ninth.
As Katrina reached shore in it's last moments as a completely aquatic animal it would drop it's winds and come ashore at a Cat 3 over Mississippi, however, it would be too late to abate the storm surge which had a velocity and ferocity to match the heat and votex that generated it's fury.
In the year 2006, the USA would hit another population milestone of 300 million people.
In 1950 the average family was a one income household with a washing machine, dog and one car.
In the year 2006, airline travel would be a necessity for a shrinking global economy with professionals going to all extremes to meet their profits to stockholders. The average family had at least two cars. There was at least two incomes to every family.
