A Winter's Hurricane?!

Wind gusts and LOW pressure is Hurricane-like in the Northeast:

Thanks to NBC's Today Show and The Weather Channel for these images

No Hurricanes in 5 Years -- but Insurance Rates Rise

Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty says rates continue to climb because the state is still hurricane prone and non-hurricane losses have gone up 65 percent for insurance companies. McCarty says many of those losses come from sinkholes  Read the whole story here.

12/27/10 Update:  The increases have been announced.