Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2005 18:30:58 GMT -5
Hurricane center may run out of names
Officials already at 'Rita' with more than two months to go
By Ker Than
Updated: 11:58 a.m. ET Sept. 20, 2005
Before the 2005 hurricane season is done, you might read about Hurricane Alpha.
Each year, 21 common names are reserved for Atlantic Basin hurricanes, with the list arranged alphabetically and skipping certain letters. Rita is the 17th named storm in the Atlantic Basin this year. There are only four left.
"We go to the Greek alphabet," said Frank Lepore, spokesman for the National Hurricane Center.
Source and More: www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9400889/
I wonder if they have a third list in place, you know, in case Poseidon was really mad at us. Though, if we got to the point where he actually had a hurricane named Omega, we would be a conerned about something other than what we'd name it.
Officials already at 'Rita' with more than two months to go
By Ker Than
Updated: 11:58 a.m. ET Sept. 20, 2005
Before the 2005 hurricane season is done, you might read about Hurricane Alpha.
Each year, 21 common names are reserved for Atlantic Basin hurricanes, with the list arranged alphabetically and skipping certain letters. Rita is the 17th named storm in the Atlantic Basin this year. There are only four left.
"We go to the Greek alphabet," said Frank Lepore, spokesman for the National Hurricane Center.
Source and More: www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9400889/
I wonder if they have a third list in place, you know, in case Poseidon was really mad at us. Though, if we got to the point where he actually had a hurricane named Omega, we would be a conerned about something other than what we'd name it.