Tropical Storm Erin has formed in the Atlantic, and is expected to become a hurricane. The last time we had a hurricane named Erin was on 9/11.

A high pressure system controlled New York City's weather on that tragic day, Sept. 11, 2001, as Hurricane Erin loomed off the coast to the east. Weather satellite images showed both the hurricane and the smoke rising from Ground Zero, where the Twin Towers once stood. The prevailing wind between the two systems was north to south, which caused the smoke to drift southward.

That infamous day is discussed in Dr. Joel N. Myers' book " Invisible Iceberg: When Climate and Weather Changed History " Of the weather that day, he said, "There was a hurricane out in the Atlantic and a cold front had just gone through, it forced the hurricane to not come

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