| Hurricane Ana started out as a mild Tropical | | | | at the time she was spotted she didn't look too |
| Storm with winds of barely 40 miles per hour, but | | | | dangerous. Looks can be deadly and deceiving |
| in her 800 mile journey towards the Leeward | | | | noted one weather meteorologist with the |
| Islands she grew in strength and potential. Her | | | | National Weather Service, "so, we keep a very |
| first major stop at that time was believed to be | | | | watchful eye on such developments." |
| Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands and residents of | | | | No one knows for sure where Hurricane Ana will |
| those locations were warned that trouble could be | | | | strike, or if she will stay together long enough to |
| on the way. | | | | hit the warmer waters, or somehow make it |
| The Islanders were told watch Tropical Storm | | | | through the bowling alley into the Gulf of Mexico. |
| Ana's progression, as she got closer each day. | | | | Often, these storms get torn apart by the trade |
| Residents of these areas know all too well the | | | | winds, but as the season gets later, and the trade |
| destruction, damage, and severe flooding of | | | | winds die down, there is not much to stop a |
| storms like Ana. Tropical Storm Ana was moving | | | | growing storm, except land of course, and that's |
| along briskly with a forward speed of 17-mph, and | | | | where we humans live. |