The official start to the Atlantic hurricane season is about a month and a half away and many researchers are already predicting above average activity this year.

 Colorado State University’s Philip Klotzbach and William Gray have forecasted 15 named storms and eight hurricanes and meteorologists at AccuWeather.com are calling for 15 named storms and five hurricanes. A typical season sees 10 or 11 named storms.

While an uptick in hurricane and tropical storm activity is never a good thing, it is especially worrisome for residents of Haiti.

Four months after January’s earthquake, some 1.

5 million people remain homeless in the country. The folks over at Slate have posted a must-see slide show that demonstrates how many Haitians are trying to make do with makeshift tents made out of bedsheets, sticks and scrap metal that seem unlikely to stand up to a modest breeze, let along hurricane-force winds. It is a stark reminder of how far Haiti still has to go in its recovery and another reason to hope that the country can be spared from another tragedy this summer.

Photo via Slate.