How do they recognise a hurricane by name ie Rita, Katrina, Gilbert?

Liono · (#1 (**permalink**))

IYALLAH. · (#2 (**permalink**))

I swear before it was done in alphabetical order Gilbert, there was an H one, then Ivan, so fort, but i really dont know now.

IYALLAH. · (#3 (**permalink**))

i looked this up because it got me thinking, and apparently they are in alphabetical order, and apparently they have named hurricanes that havent even happed yet, they have them preset up to 2010

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Arlene
Bret
Cindy
Dennis
Emily
Franklin
Gert
Harvey
Irene
Jose
Katrina
Lee
Maria
Nate
Ophelia
Philippe
Rita
Stan
Tammy
Vince
Wilma

Alberto
Beryl
Chris
Debby
Ernesto
Florence
Gordon
Helene
Isaac
Joyce
Kirk
Leslie
Michael
Nadine
Oscar
Patty
Rafael
Sandy
Tony
Valerie
William
Andrea
Barry
Chantal
Dean
Erin
Felix
Gabrielle
Humberto
Ingrid
Jerry
Karen
Lorenzo
Melissa
Noel
Olga
Pablo
Rebekah
Sebastien
Tanya
Van
Wendy
Arthur
Bertha
Cristobal
Dolly
Edouard
Fay
Gustav
Hanna
Ike
Josephine
Kyle
Laura
Marco
Nana
Omar
Paloma
Rene
Sally
Teddy
Vicky
Wilfred
Ana
Bill
Claudette
Danny
Erika
Fred
Grace
Henri
Ida
Joaquin
Kate
Larry
Mindy
Nicholas
Odette
Peter
Rose
Sam
Teresa
Victor
Wanda
Alex
Bonnie
Colin
Danielle
Earl
Fiona
Gaston
Hermine
Ian
Jennifer
Karl
Lisa
Matthew
Nicole
Otto
Paula
Richard
Shary
Tomas
Virginie
Walter [/align]

dexxtreme · (#4 (**permalink**))

They have 6 lists of 21 names each. They alternate the storm names on each list between male and female names, and the first name of each years' list alternates between male and female. Each year they use a different list, and at the end of the cycle they start over. If they run out of names in a particular year they move to the letters of the greek alphabet. This has not happened yet, but this year is pushing it. (Only 4 more names left, but we still have a couple months to go in this year's hurricane season.) Every so often a storm causes so much damage that they "retire" that name forever. For example, from the 2004 list, the names Charley, Frances, Ivan, and Jeanne will be retired because of the amount of damage they caused, and this year the names Dennis, Katrina, and Rita (which is about to rip a new hole into southeast Texas and cause our gas prices to go up as much as a dollar/gallon) will most likely be retired.

dexxtreme · (#5 (**permalink**))

I should probably clarify my earlier post. The way the names are selected is dependent upon what part of the world the storm forms in. The above rules are for the North Atlantic. Other areas include the East, Central, and Western Pacific, West, North, and East Australia, etc. More info about storm names can be found here. You can also see the names that have been retired.