Photo: 2009 Hurricane Season Quietest in Decades

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A man watches waves invigorated by Hurricane Ida in Cancun, Mexico, on November 8, 2009.

High-level winds may have hampered storms during the unusually quiet 2009 Atlantic hurricane season--but hurricane activity will likely ratchet up again in 2010, experts predict.

Photograph by Israel Leal, AP Photo

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