It finally happened. After years of Andrews and Chris’s, Pablos and Henrys, the Omars of this world are finally being represented on the natural disaster front. Today I learned that tropical storm Omar has been upgraded to a hurricane. Expected to show the Caribbean people how to really party, he is “expected to dump up to 8 inches of rain over some areas, with 12 inches possible in some areas,” according to CNN.com. He may only be a category one, but its a giant step forward for a disaster usually dominated by Spanish and Anglosaxons.
