Hurricane Omar is gaining strength as it moves northeast, a day after drenching islands in the southeastern Caribbean.

Most storm-hardened residents of the Florida Keys stayed put Monday despite day-old instructions to evacuate as a ferocious Hurricane Ike ripped across Cuba and stayed on track to swipe the low-lying island chain.

We've got Hurricane Headquarters set up here at Transworld SURF to bring you the best of the '08 hurricane season. Here's a little something from the flop that was Gustav. Stay tuned for full coverage of this year's hurricane season on transworldsurf.com, as storms are brewing up fast.

While there's ultimately no rhyme or reason to what hurricanes will and won't do, there is a formula to surviving, and even maximizing surf sessions during the stormy season.