News & offbeat stories on the environs...        Hurricane Updates: Hold On To Your Coconuts'™...Blowing Bubbles'™ -HurricaneWhisperer    &... NOAA commented..."La Niña" is back... the cause for the extreme weather in 2010/2011... has re-emerged in the Pacific Ocean and is expected to strengthen... & continue into the Northern Hemisphere's Winter!                                                'It is always time to prepare the Sand Castles at the end of the old waterpipe™"    HurricaneWhisperer.com Updates @ Twitter.com/KeyWestTheDog Hurricane Season 2012 Predictions to be posted March 2012 !  Hurricane Names 2012: Alberto - Beryl - Chris - Debby - Ernesto - Florence -  Gordon - Helene - Isaac - Joyce - Kirk - Leslie - Michael - Nadine - Oscar - Patty - Rafael - Sandy - Tony - Valerie - William... more ? NOAA... says La Niña" is back... the cause for the extreme weather in 2010 / 2011... has re-emerged in the Pacific Ocean and is expected to strengthen... & continue into the Northern Hemisphere's Winter!                BP Gulf Well? & Florida Waits? & NOAA Updates: 'Deepwater Horizon Incident' - Gulf of Mexico                     Fishermen can be hired by BP to help clean up and deploy booms... call 281.355.5511 ...Fishermen can contact BP                     about claims at 800.440.0858 ...& initially proposed 'oil drilling area' boundary just past Fort Jefferson! but now?                     For Captains' planning processes there is the '24 Hour Offshore Trajectory Forecast' at NOAA... click 'Finger icon'                     ...as Capt. 'CB' King replied to KWR Chief Reporter:"It is not the right type of Conch Cook'n Oil™ for Keys Pinks!" May 2011... NOAA 2011 Predictions: 12-18 Named Storms! & 6-10 Hurricanes!  with 3-6 being Major Hurricanes! ?... "Hurricanes serve a useful purpose in the Earth's energy budget and... rainfall from tropical cyclones is a vital component of the regional water supply." Diverting storms and weakening them should be the aim said a group of scientists that have also requested $2.6 million from the Department of Homeland Security over three years...?   KWR note: the 'Hurricane Whisperer' is seeking $1.8 million from DHS for post-environ impacts research also!                                        & from years past: Voodoo Master Otango: will he  guide another Hurricane from EYW.US? - using herb ceremony...? In 'Years Past'... Voodoo Master Otango a stronger CAT 5 will miss EYW.US...  He is perplexed and stated he would have problems on alignment of the planets for Sept-Oct. '08?  past Hurricane forecasts by Voodoo Master Otango have been on track according to his chart pamplet ...  Exclusive KWR interview with Voodoo Master P. Otango at Schooner Bar by KWR Reporter --  "Master Otango, How many Hurricanes are you predicting for 2008?"  Master Otango-- "I see four full moons after June with the face of a mild frown ... so it says possible 1 to 2 Hurricanes with one coming to our neighbors in Bahamas ... and two others have not decided yet ... but the twinkling of the 74th star from the eel says that we will have numerous mild storms."  KWR Reporter--"Master Otango will you perform again 'The Ceremony' at the Southern Most Point in 2008?"   Master Otango-- " I plan to be in two ceremony sessions following the quarter moons of the month of July & August ... this will be all the redirection of star energy that can be done"  *Voodoo Master P. Otango's  ceremony was focused on guiding the past Hurricanes in 2007 Hurricane Season from EYW.US by 24 hour herb & chant ceremony at "Southern Most Point". 'Huracan' (Hurricane) a native 'Taino' word... meaning: 'Winds unleashed by an angry Goddess' Note: Key West Register did witness the 24 hour ceremony      - however we leave our readers with no endorsement of these methods and ask all readers of KWR to contact your local authorities prior to a Hurricane and Hurricane Season for the proper directions to safeguard your families! Hurricane Whisperer ä               Missed us again! Time for a drink!  a Hulacaneä Daiquiri - "Born in the Eye": 2oz of Rum, Sugarcane stalk,                2oz Sweet & Sour mix, Secret ingredient, 1oz pineapple juice,Shake in a circular motion over ice and strain into a chilled                martini glass, garnish with wedge of lime.  Hemingway  - 'Islands in the Stream'... " Thomas Hudson... was drinking                another of the frozen Daiquiris with no sugar in it and as he lifted it, heavy and the glass frost-rimmed, he looked at                the clear part below and the frapped top and it reminded him of the sea.