A tropical storm named Bret has formed over the central Atlantic Ocean and will likely become a hurricane on Wednesday, the National Hurricane Center said Monday afternoon.

Source: Tropical Storm Bret forms in the Atlantic and is forecast to become a hurricane by Wednesday | CNN

A few days later:

Bret is no longer expected to become a hurricane, but it will still deliver impacts to parts of the Caribbean

Tropical Storm Bret racing toward Caribbean as forecasters monitor Tropical Depression Four (accuweather.com)

Predictions about much of anything are rarely good. But we ignore all the failed predictions and allow ourselves to become influenced by scary predictions that never come true. And then we wonder why anxiety is always high.

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