ktyson

Hi,
I have a question about the naming of Hurricanes. I understand that at the biginning of the hurricane season they start with an "A" name then go to a "B" name, and so on through the alpahbet. I also know that they alternate between male and female names. But what I want to know is how they pick the male and female names? Is that alphabetical too? Who picks the names?

KFergie

Go to:

http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/archive/hurricane/names.html

They explain it all for you.

Fergie

Patrick

Here are the answers to your questions and even more:

http://www.fema.gov/kids/hunames.htm

KFergie

Another site:


http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutnames.shtml

Patrick

Isn't Google wonderful??

KFergie

FainaAgain

And my name is not on the list

Austin

Faina, I think it was used this year a few times... here comes Hurrican Ivan Again, Jeanne Again....

FainaAgain

LOL, Austin, thank you for my 15 seconds of fame!

Dan

Names of the four storms that hit Florida this year will all probably be "retired."

poochie

I remember in the "Old Days" when they only used female names.

Jayne11159

Poochie-

Thanks for not referring to it as the GOOD "old days"!

IMHO, isn't naming a hurricane "Ivan" just asking for trouble? What's next? Atilla?

lenleigh

I just read a little article in the paper asking how they name hurricanes. It said Originally they named hurricanes based off of the days Saint. I had never heard that before, kind of ironic.

jor

About a month ago I was watching CNN's morning show. Their replacement female anchor brought up the question about why all the hurricanes are named after women. Fortunatly she was corrected on air. They alternated male/female about twenty/thirty some years ago! Truly amazing that a TV anchor did not know this fact.

FainaAgain

Jor, it still amazes you a TV person doesn't know something or "stretches" the facts? I live in America for almost 15 years, how long have you been here?

Patrick

Well jor, that doesn't surprise me any more than while watching CNN in Europe all last summer, the weather gal, Femie Okay (or something like that) kept pointing to Miami, Florida and saying "right down here at the tip of the Florida panhandle". Ouch!

And while some of you are remembering how hurricanes used to be named, heck, I'm so old I remember the summer of hurricane # 7. (That wasn't too long after the 40 day and 40 night rain!)

jor

FainaAgain, Wow, almost 15 years! How long have I been here??? You pose your question like someone who concerns themselves with how long ago you moved to the US compared to other recent immigrants. You sound like "I've been here longer than you have, ha ha, a ha ha"

FYI, I was born here nearly a half century ago Sweetheart.

atilla

Jayne11159 - is that a poke at me??

indie

jor I suspect that waas Faina's point, if she an immigrant knew this about TV anchors you a "real American" should know better since you had grown up with this stuff

FainaAgain

Indie: exactly my point, thank you!