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Hurricane Names
Hurricane Names
Would you like to have a hurricane named after you? One just might be. Since 1979, the World Meteorological Organization has been creating lists of names to identify hurricanes in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
There are six lists total for each ocean. The lists have 21 male and female names, which alternate. One name is selected for each letter of the alphabet except for “Q,” “U” and “Z.” In 2009, for example, the list for the Atlantic Ocean includes Ana, Bill, Claudette, Danny, Erika and so forth. The first hurricane of the season there will be named Ana.
The lists repeat every six years, and when an awful hurricane strikes like Katrina, that name is replaced. Sometimes, there are more hurricanes in a season than there are names on the list. Forecasters must then use names from the Greek alphabet, such as Alpha, Beta, Gamma and Delta, as happened in 2005.
