Did you have a hurricane named after you?

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  • #1297015
    Lightbrite
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    I did! In the 1960s!

    #1297029
    iacisrmma
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    Was it really named “after you? Maybe it was named “before you”?

    #1297032
    Joseph
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    They only name hurricanes after females. (I wonder why……….)

    #1297038
    adocs
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    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)

    #1297048
    Joseph
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    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.

    #1297060
    CTLAWYER
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    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.

    #1297070
    Geordie613
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    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.

    #1297071
    👑RebYidd23
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    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.

    #1297101
    Joseph
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    How do all the existing Katrina’s handle the embarrassment?

    #1297104
    CTLAWYER
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    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)

    #1297103
    👑RebYidd23
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    They probably are known as Kat, Kate, Trina, or some other nickname.

    #1297107
    Joseph
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    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.

    #1297108
    👑RebYidd23
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    They won’t actually run out of names, but they’ll run out of good ones.

    #1297153
    Lightbrite
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    iacisrmma: By golly, you’re right!!!

    #1297154

    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.

    #1297155
    Lightbrite
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    Joseph: Maybe some Katrina’s feel it helps people remember their name?

    Next time I meet someone in the US, I want to introduce myself as “______ , you know, like the Hurricane of ______” ☺

    Maybe it will help someone remember my name, even if he/she never heard of it prior to our meeting.

    #1297273
    Avram in MD
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    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.

    #1297276
    Avram in MD
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    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.

    #1297354
    apushatayid
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    when will they starts with names like Aidel, Beinish, Genendel…..

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