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Hurricane Center May Run Out of Names
2005-09-21
Then they go to Greek letters. Hurricane Omega, anyone?
Posted by:Steve White

#7  serious tho, whats up with these damn names i keep getting my last was thraing hupopluper
Posted by: Uninetle Hupating2229   2005-09-21 17:00  

#6  Fang
Godzilla
Fluffy
Storm-O-Rama
Run For You Lives!
Posted by: mojo   2005-09-21 15:58  

#5  What Steve said:
In the event that more than 21 named tropical cyclones occur in the Atlantic basin in a season, additional storms will take names from the Greek alphabet: Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, and so on.
Posted by: Steve   2005-09-21 14:19  

#4  LOL Jackal.

Seriously tho, I think there's a procedure for this, I think it happened once in the Pacific. Reuse from the top and add a b?
Posted by: Shipman   2005-09-21 12:03  

#3  Oct. '05 issue of National Geographic has a single page article on naming tropical storms. key line -

"If we have more than 21 storms," says Frank Lepore of the National Hurricane Center in Miami, "we have bigger problems than what they are going to be named."
Posted by: Hupaimble Elmolurt2226   2005-09-21 10:03  

#2  LOL!!
Posted by: CrazyFool   2005-09-21 08:42  

#1  Fred, would you lend them your name generator?

"This is CNN. Hurricane Thumblinster Uphong3827 is approaching the Florida coast."
Posted by: Jackal   2005-09-21 08:17  

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