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Hurricane names
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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?
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?
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They are tracked with satellites, obviously.
Found this on this website. Yes Im bored
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
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.
with what? I'm miles away