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HelpRe: Atlantic Hurricane 2024 Names
in reply to a message by RoxStar
Wow, you know so much about this! Is it an interest of yours? Are there many storms where you live?
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Oh, yes, it's one of my intrests. In a book on Superstorm Sandy (tack superstorm onto any name, even Mary Beth or JoJo and people are going to take it seriously) there was a whole section on hurricane naming history.
I live in southern Delaware and we get a fair number of glancing blows from hurricanes and tropical storms, though rarely a direct hit. We did get a more or less direct hit from Sandy but that was extreme.
I grew up in Oklahoma where the real danger was tornadoes.
The real issue with tornadoes and hurricanes is striking a balance; in the early 20th century, the weather service was not even permitted to use the word tornado in their forecasts for fear of panicking the public. But after the tri-state tornado in 1925 they wised up.
But you have to be careful; too many and too strong warnings about storms that end up not making landfall or making landfall in a different place or at a lower strength can cause people to take future warnings seriously. I suspect this is more of a factor than the names of the storms. It's totally random which storms end up being a threat anyway.
I live in southern Delaware and we get a fair number of glancing blows from hurricanes and tropical storms, though rarely a direct hit. We did get a more or less direct hit from Sandy but that was extreme.
I grew up in Oklahoma where the real danger was tornadoes.
The real issue with tornadoes and hurricanes is striking a balance; in the early 20th century, the weather service was not even permitted to use the word tornado in their forecasts for fear of panicking the public. But after the tri-state tornado in 1925 they wised up.
But you have to be careful; too many and too strong warnings about storms that end up not making landfall or making landfall in a different place or at a lower strength can cause people to take future warnings seriously. I suspect this is more of a factor than the names of the storms. It's totally random which storms end up being a threat anyway.