九月是加勒比海的飓风季节。。。

摘自About.com:

Once May rolls around, low rates start to beckon at resorts in the Caribbean islands and on Mexico's Caribbean coast (Cancun and the Riviera Maya) ; yet every few years, one of these popular destinations is hit by a destructive tropical storm. Florida too is vulnerable: on the Gulf Coast, on the eastern Atlantic coast, in the Keys in the south; even tourist powerhouse Orlando -- in the middle of the state-- gets an occasional blast.

Officially, the Atlantic hurricane season is from 1 June to 30 November, but as the Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) notes:

"There is nothing magical in these dates, and hurricanes have occurred outside of these six months, but these dates were selected to encompass over 97% of tropical activity."

When is the hurricane season most active?
Again according to the AOML, there's a "very peaked season from August to October", with:

* 78% of the tropical storm days
* 87% of the "minor" hurricane days
* 96% of the "major" hurricane days

And within this peak hurricane season, early to mid-September is the pinnacle.

Of course Mother Nature isn't reading any calendars, and every once in a while a tropical cyclone hits out of season -- usually in May or December-- or late in the season: Hurricane Wilma, for instance, battered Cancun and the Riviera Maya on October 21 and 22 2005.

Hurricane Season: folk wisdom
The wisdom of the ages is often worth a listen. Here's a little Caribbean ditty:

June- too soon.
July-- stand by!
August-- look out you must.
September-- remember.
October, all over.

How to protect your vacation in hurricane season
Even if your holiday isn't actually in the path of a major storm, weather patterns are disrupted in a wide radius, and some days may be spoiled by rain and wind if you're in an affected area.

Still, hurricane season is a tempting time to travel: it spans the top two months when kids are out of school; also -- and not surprisingly!-- very tempting discounts are offered at Caribbean resorts during the hurricane season months.