Don't dilly dally, here comes Dolly

With that name, the silly post titles just don't quit!

But on the serious side, "This storm, heading for the Mexico-Texas border, is now a hurricane. Our second of the 2008 season, and it's not even August yet" says Chris Mooney.

Read some live storm blogging here, I guess it has already landed.

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