The name Larry has been used to name one tropical cyclone in the Atlantic Ocean and at least one in the southern hemisphere.
In the Atlantic, the name is on the modern six-year lists:
- 2003's Tropical Storm Larry - Struck Mexico after drifting southward through the Bay of Campeche, causing heavy rainfall and 5 deaths.
The name is on Brisbane's list for the south Pacific:
- 2006's Cyclone Larry - the most powerful tropical cyclone to hit Queensland since 1931.
Famous quotes containing the words tropical, storm and/or larry:
“Oh, you’ll love the sea. There’s something about it. The hot red dawn, the towering sails, the wake on a tropical night. Oh, you’ll love it all. It’s a glorious kind of world. I couldn’t live without it.”
—Charles Larkworthy. Denison Clift. Capt. Benjamin Briggs (Arthur Margetson)
“The storm is over, the land hushes to rest:
The tyrannous wind, its strength fordone,
Is fallen back in the west”
—Robert Bridges (1844–1930)
“TV has changed!”
—Roger Spottiswoode, U.S. screenwriter, Walter Hill, and Larry Gross. Reggie Hammond (Eddie Murphy)