Hold Onto Your Hats - Wagerweb.com Posts Odds On Tropical Storms And Hurricanes

Hold Onto Your Hats - WagerWeb.com Posts Odds on Tropical Storms and Hurricanes

Summary: San Jose, Costa Rica May , WagerWeb.com, one of the Internets largest betting sites known for its offering of odds for the hottest issues surrounding the news media (especially sports).

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Article Body: San Jose, Costa Rica May , WagerWeb.com, one of the Internets largest betting sites known for its offering of odds for the hottest issues surrounding the news media (especially sports), posted odds today on the likelihood that tropical storms and hurricanes will blow into the country with the same, less or greater force than last year. Predictions by experts call for storms hitting landfall in the U.S. to be almost percent greater than previous years. High winds and torrential rainfall took a heavy toll in .

Last years hurricanes and storms hit the country with a one two punch that crippled the Eastern half of the country, says Dave Johnson, CEO of WagerWeb.com. This year could be worse, so we figured that posting odds would get people out of their chairs into the home stores buying water, lumber and flashlights.

The odds ask bettors to predict wind speed and numbers of storms as follows ( means $ bet wins $):

Total Number of Atlantic Tropical Storms/Hurricanes Over . ..- Under . ..-

Total Number of Hurricanes (Wind Speed at least mph) Over . ..- Under . ..-

Will there be a Category Hurricane (+ mph winds)? Yes ..- No ..-

Note: National Weather Service statistics/classification for will be used for grading purposes. Post-season re-analysis will not be counted towards wagers made on this release.