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Naming of Hurricanes
Does anyone know how they come about naming each hurricane that happens in America??
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(Wed 14:32 31/Aug/05)
They were discussing this on the radio this morning, and apparently the National Weather Center have lists of names and they simply rotate them every 6 years or so! Any hurricane that is particularly bad ie Floyd & Katrina to name two are retired so to speak and not used again!! Think they said that the next one is called Hurricane Lee! On a lighter note I have heard it said that they are usually named after women as they come in a frenzy and take your house and car with them when they go!!!! |
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(Wed 15:38 31/Aug/05)
i heard it on radio 1 too, the chris moyles show. |
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(Wed 16:09 31/Aug/05)
this question was asked in science last month: here |
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(Thu 13:14 01/Sep/05) Note that the last answer in that thread contradicts everything else posted. The lists are pre-determined and you can probably already view the names for 2006. Therefore, they are not named after the person who discovers them! :-) | |
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(Fri 02:21 02/Sep/05)
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutnames.shtml Hurricane names are a set list that they alternate every 6 years - names used last year will be used again in 2010. When there is a major storm - like Katrina that name is retired, and replaced. Until 1979 only female names were used - since then it alternates M/F. Atlantic vs Pacific etc have different lists. |
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(Sat 03:50 03/Sep/05) They also start with A and go on to however many hurricanes there are in that season. Katrina starts with a K so there has been 11 hurricanes so far this season... | |
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(Sat 09:51 03/Sep/05) Guys, where there is the word "here", (red and underlined up above this post), it's a link to the thread where the question was answered adequately before. You're clearly both very knowledgable, but it might be a good idea to share some original information with other ABers... don't waste your valuable time and keystrokes repeating things that have already been said! :-) And welcome to AB... hope to see you round. :-) |
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