The storm, which could produce large amounts of rain and wind up to 75 miles per hour, gets it name from a list of hundreds plotted years in advance. The rotating list of hurricane names, now maintained by the World Meteorological Organization,
29 will mark the sixth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina - one of the worst disasters in US history. "Katrina" has been officially retired from the active list of hurricane names, but we should not rest easy until we have absorbed the tragedy's greater
Meaning, how'd she, I mean it, I mean the hurricane end up being called Irene, specifically? Why not another female name, like Sarah? Or Michelle? (Heh heh). Seriously, though, how does a hurricane acquire an identity? I'll admit, I never imagined
The 2006 and 2007 Atlantic Tropical Season were mild, at least for the US Coastline and that was a breath of fresh air after the Devastating 2005 Atlantic Tropi.
Meaning, how'd she, I mean it, I mean the hurricane end up being called Irene, specifically? Why not another female name, like Sarah? Or Michelle? (Heh heh.
This weekend, as we watch and hope that Hurricane Irene does not do a lot of damage up and down the East Coast of the United States, I start thinking of the hurricane names for this year. We are here in August 2011 and we already are on Hurricane Irene, the ninth name and the 9th tropical storm of the year. In prior years, I remember Hurricane Fay and a few others that contained names long before the letter I of the alphabet.
So, let’s take a look at the 2011 Hurricane Names, as well as the names of tropical storms for the next few years.
2011 Hurricane (tropical storm) Names:
Arlene
Bret
Cindy
Don
Emily
Franklin
Gert
Harvey
Irene
Jose
Katia
Lee
Maria
Nate
Ophelia
Philippe
Rina
Sean
Tammy
Vince
Whitney
Here are the tropical storm (hurricane) names for 2012:
Alberto
Beryl
Chris
Debby
Ernesto
Florence
Gordon
Helene
Isaac
Joyce
Kirk
Leslie
Michael
Nadine
Oscar
Patty
Rafael
Sandy
Tony
Valerie
William
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