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The National Weather Service gives Hurricane Kirk the Star Trek treatment in a new report.
Kirk started as a tropical wave, reached hurricane status last Thursday and weakened to a tropical storm before dying off days later. It was the fifth hurricane of the 2012 Atlantic season.
Dated Sunday, the report provides an update on Kirk's status. "Kirk is not expected to live long and prosper," it states.
The weather agency -- clearly populated by Trekkies -- is referencing a famous phrase in the Star Trek franchise that often accompanies a Vulcan salute. Leonard Nimoy, who portrayed half-Vulcan Spock in the original 1960s television series, popularized the line. Check out the video above for more.