August would be the best guess. The warmer waters allow for the hurricanes to build up speed and momentum, causing for more tropical storms to be upgraded
well some word like dog-food and cat-fish
are named by their looks, feel, or even what they are used for.
Jackson and Meridian because they are in Mississippi which is mostly composed by the plain region
Well acculturation means a decline or decrease of something, so maybe the opposite of acculturation is to increase.