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:
“We’re having a heat wave, a tropical heat wave.”
—Irving Berlin (1888–1989)
“And true, they are hurling spittle, rock,
Garbage and fruit in Little Rock.
And I saw coiling storm a-writhe
On bright madonnas. And a scythe
Of men harassing brownish girls.”
—Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)
“Class isn’t something you buy. Look at you. You have a $500 suit on and you’re still a lowlife.”
—Roger Spottiswoode, U.S. screenwriter, Walter Hill, and Larry Gross. Jack Cates (Nick Nolte)