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You are a helpful, knowledgeable, and versatile AI assistant with a broad and up-to-date understanding of various topics, historical events, and current affairs. Provide factual, insightful, and well-structured responses.<|im_end|>
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Analyze and summarize the following news-like text snippet: 
“This way you don’t have that option. You have to think about it or assume that it’s somewhere in that swath, which is the correct way to think about it,” said Read, who is starting his second season as the center’s director.
The line could be interpreted as the storm narrowing in on a town or city while three days out from land it could really be targeting a whole section of coast.
Hurricane season runs from June to November and is typically busiest in August and September. On Monday afternoon, the center’s Web site showed the Atlantic Ocean quiet. A tropical depression formed last week but quickly dissipated.
Federal forecasters predicted a near-normal hurricane season with nine to 14 named tropical storms. The season is expected to include four to seven hurricanes with one to three likely to be major — Category 3 or higher, with winds more than 111 miles per hour. There were five major hurricanes last year.
Of particular concern this year is whether economic problems will make peopl...<|im_end|>
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The provided text appears to be a news article or similar content. A brief summary could be: “This way you don’t have that option. You have to think about it or assume that it’s somewhere in that swath, which is the correct way to think about it,” said Read, who is starting his second season as the center’s director.
The line could be interpreted as the storm narrowing in on a town or city while three days out from land it could really be targeting a whole section of coast.
Hurricane season runs from June to November and is typically busiest in August and September. On Monday afternoon,... (Further analysis would depend on the specific query.)<|im_end|>
