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HelpRe: Atlantic Hurricane 2024 Names
in reply to a message by New_Chloë
There is a group that assigns storm names, and it's not just a random process. They try to use names that reflect the languages spoken in a given hurricane area (so Pacific and Indian Ocean storms have different names than Atlantic/Caribbean storms.)
The names are selected in six-year rotation cycles, but if a named storm does a lot of damage and loss of life, its name is retired and a new name of that letter and sex is plugged into the spot. So for instance, Andrew and Katrina will never be used again.
The naming process started in Australia when a meteorologist started naming storms after politicians he didn't like. You can see the pitfalls there, so some started naming the storms they tracked after their wives and girlfriends, not out of spite, but just because.
They officially decided to alternate male and female names around 1974.
They don't use names beginning with q, u, x, y or z, probably due to the scarcity of names beginning with those letters.
if the names for a given hurricane season are all used but there are more storms, the letters of the Greek alphabet are used. This happened in 2005, after Wilma used up the list. In the Atlantic region, if a season ends with names left over, next season they start at A again for that years list. But other places, next season they start with what would have been the next storm in the last season. So for instance, if the Pacific season ended with say, Beth, next season won't start with Annie, but with Craig.
Before you criticize a man, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, when you criticize him, you're a mile away and you have his shoes!
Steve Martin
The names are selected in six-year rotation cycles, but if a named storm does a lot of damage and loss of life, its name is retired and a new name of that letter and sex is plugged into the spot. So for instance, Andrew and Katrina will never be used again.
The naming process started in Australia when a meteorologist started naming storms after politicians he didn't like. You can see the pitfalls there, so some started naming the storms they tracked after their wives and girlfriends, not out of spite, but just because.
They officially decided to alternate male and female names around 1974.
They don't use names beginning with q, u, x, y or z, probably due to the scarcity of names beginning with those letters.
if the names for a given hurricane season are all used but there are more storms, the letters of the Greek alphabet are used. This happened in 2005, after Wilma used up the list. In the Atlantic region, if a season ends with names left over, next season they start at A again for that years list. But other places, next season they start with what would have been the next storm in the last season. So for instance, if the Pacific season ended with say, Beth, next season won't start with Annie, but with Craig.
Before you criticize a man, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, when you criticize him, you're a mile away and you have his shoes!
Steve Martin
