Hurricane names

Former Member

How do they know the names of Hurricanes?

How do they know which one is Katrina and which is Rita? .. I don't get it.

Like Haley's comet comes and goes on a regular basis and is an object that can be tracked, so they can name it and know when it coming next .. how does the same thing work for storms or hurricanes?

Former Member

I think its based on the name of the wife of the bloke who notices it first.

Former Member

they alternate through the alphabet and name them with female names as we all know they like to blow.

They are tracked with satellites, obviously.

Former Member

I always thought they worked their way through the alphabet naming them, but since the last one was Katrina and now this one is Rita, hmmm :chin:

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Glittery Vodka wrote:

I always thought they worked their way through the alphabet naming them, but since the last one was Katrina and now this one is Rita, hmmm :chin:

Not all of them are big. They track the smaller ones too - but obviously no threat means we don't get to hear about them

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BrightSide wrote:

Not all of them are big. They track the smaller ones too - but obviously no threat means we don't get to hear about them

I see.

Found this on this website. Yes Im bored

How are hurricanes named?Lots of people think that hurricanes were always named after women - because of our volatile nature, no doubt - and that only recently did they start alternating between male and female names because of feminist outcry. Not true.

Prior to 1950 storms weren't officially named at all. From 1950 to 1952 they were named simply Able, Baker, Charlie, Dog, Easy, Fox, George...not very imaginative, but it sufficed. From 1953 to 1978 someone (my guess a man going through a nasty divorce) decided to use only female names. Finally, in 1979, they started alternating between male and female names.

Hurricanes are named alphabetically, years in advance and starting the alphabet over each year. (If you get a Hurricane Wanda, you know you have had a busy storm season.) The Atlantic and the Pacific have separate naming lists.

These are the names assigned to Atlantic storms for the 2005 Hurricane Season:

Arlene Harvey Ophelia
Bret Irene Philippe
Cindy Jose Rita
Dennis Katrina Stan
Emily Lee Tammy
Franklin Maria Vince
Gert Nate
Wilma

Former Member

they work off these lists (on a 6 year rotation):

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutnames.shtml

if there's a particularly bad hurricane (like andrew) they take it off the list forever and replace it with a new name.

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kaffrin wrote:

they work off these lists (on a 6 year rotation):

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutnames.shtml

if there's a particularly bad hurricane (like andrew) they take it off the list forever and replace it with a new name.

interesting .. so there was 5 other Hurricanes between Katrina and Rita but the others didn't get on the news?

2005
Arlene
Bret
Cindy
Dennis
Emily
Franklin
Gert
Harvey
Irene
Jose
Katrina
Lee
Maria
Nate
Ophelia
Philippe
Rita
Stan
Tammy
Vince
Wilma

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DiamondGeezer wrote:

interesting .. so there was 5 other Hurricanes between Katrina and Rita but the others didn't get on the news?

It's hurricane season...they're not that uncommon, it's just very few hit land and do substantial damage like Katrina has and Rita will do.

Teh_Gerbil

I want one Called "OMG Hurricane!!1one"

Former Member

i can see it now ...evacuate evacuate ...beckyboos cumin!

Former Member

And rolly the only one left with his arms open wide!

Former Member

turlough wrote:

And rolly the only one left with his arms open wide!

she'll stab ya you know ...

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morrocan roll wrote:

she'll stab ya you know ...

with what? I'm miles away

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turlough wrote:

with what? I'm miles away

solog says ...a big fuck off hurricane named beckyboo will devastate northern ireland ...soon.