why hurricanes have names? how do you know which is which?

Question

how do people know which is which?? even i can't tell which hurricane is which!

Answer 1

To help us identify storms and track them as they move across the ocean. Remember, there can be more than one hurricane at a time and without naming them, we could get confused and which storm we're talking about.

For hundreds of years, hurricanes in the West Indies were named after the particular saint's day on which the hurricane occurred. An Australian meteorologist began giving women's names to tropical storms before the end of the 19th century. In 1953, the U.S. National Weather Service, which is the federal agency that tracks hurricanes and issues warnings and watches, began using female names for storms.

In 1979, both women and men's names were used. One name for each letter of the alphabet is selected, except for Q, U and Z. For Atlantic Ocean hurricanes, the names may be French, Spanish or English, since these are the major languages bordering the Atlantic Ocean where the storm occur.

So who decides what names are used each year? The World Meteorological Organization uses six lists in rotation. The same lists are reused every six years. The only time a new name is added is if a hurricane is very deadly or costly. Then the name is retired and a new name is chosen.

Answer 2

They dnt have different name for each one. At the beging of the year they make a list of names and as the hurricanes happen they name it, from the list.

Answer 3

if a person tells you Hurrican Lxt V2 is heading your way, you will look at the road and expect a car, but if a person tell you Hurrincane Jackson is heading your way, you will run like a sissy.

the person who discovered it needs to have the pride that her/his name has caused a thousand deaths, i mean, geeks whould do anything for fame.

You can always say which hurricane is which, becoz Rita has a big butt



*i didnt mean to offend anyone, i was just acting funny. sorry

Answer 4

They give hurricanes names so they CAN tell which is which. Just look up any hurricane name on weather.com and it'll tell you when it hit and what its track was.

Answer 5

we name them so 20 years from now we can say. I lived through hugo. it was a bad storm. just a way to keep up with the storms and the damage they caused

Answer 6

ok, lets give them numbers from now on...

Answer 7

so they can IDENTIFY THEM