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I did! In the 1960s!
Was it really named “after you? Maybe it was named “before you”?
They only name hurricanes after females. (I wonder why……….)
Joseph
Incorrect. While that was once true, they currently alternate between male and female names. For example, the first several names for hurricanes in 2017 (if they form) will be
Arlene Bret Cindy Don Emily Franklin Gert Harvey
They even alternate the first name from year to year. The first name in 2018 will be male (Alberto)
Apparently the politically correct troopers couldn’t stomach the idea of female only named hurricanes.
But no one explained why for many decades they only used female names.
The first ‘modern’ weather professional to name Hurricanes/tropical storms was in Australia and named Clement Wragge
He initially used the Hebrew and Greek Alphabet to name Cyclones and Typhoons, when he ran out of letters he switched to women’s names. His rationale is explained:
For tropical cyclones he chose women’s names
Particularly the “soft dulcet names of the dusky beauties of the South Sea Islands”
Hoped to encourage Australian women to name their daughters with these “pretty, bubbling” appellations rather than ‘Susan’ or ‘Jane’
Cyclones in the Pacific are what we call Hurricanes in the Atlantic. Wragge’s system spread worldwide in the professional weather community.Adocs, In the UK we don’t have hurricanes or tornadoes (we do have the airplane type, but not the weather ones). Our weather is far too proper for all that wind and water rushing around the place like American tourists. But we have started naming storms. It alternates between male and female names. I think this past winter we got as far as Angus, Barbara, Conor and Ewan. Yes, THE WHOLE WINTER!! 5 storms big enough to be named.
We just have our rain spread out equally throughout the winter ….. and summer.
If they use only female names, they’ll run out of names. The name of a major storm is ruined for babies. People don’t name their girls Katrina anymore.
How do all the existing Katrina’s handle the embarrassment?
They won’t run out of names because they use a 6 year cycle to repeat names, only retiring names when there is a storm of scientific significance that will continue to be studied and taught about.
Thus Katrina was retired and won’t be back as scheduled in 2 years (if we reach K)They probably are known as Kat, Kate, Trina, or some other nickname.
Imagine being known as Katrina all your life when suddenly when you’re 50 years old, or 30 years old, you have to change to a nickname due to a hurricane.
They won’t actually run out of names, but they’ll run out of good ones.
I wonder which one is LB.
Tropical Storm One.
Hurricane Abby.
Tropical Storm Brenda.
Hurricane Cleo.
Hurricane Donna.
Tropical Storm Six.
Hurricane Ethel.
Tropical Storm Florence.CTLAWYER,
Wragge’s system spread worldwide in the professional weather community.
Correct that he was the first; however, nobody else did it for decades after his retirement. The US government started naming tropical cyclones in 1953, largely to avoid confusion when there were multiple systems ongoing simultaneously. Currently, the US does not control the naming – it is done via 6 year rotating lists maintained by the World Meteorological Organization.
Joseph,
Imagine being known as Katrina all your life when suddenly when you’re 50 years old, or 30 years old, you have to change to a nickname due to a hurricane.
This may be an issue for some women and girls named Katrina who live along the central Gulf Coast, but probably not elsewhere.
when will they starts with names like Aidel, Beinish, Genendel…..
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