How do people know which hurricane is coming? They all have names, so how do they determine which is which? I don't get it at all. Is there some kind of criteria for these kinds if things? Or do they just randomly pick a name and call it, say, Hurricane Ivan?
2006-11-11 11:32:58 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
They are picked in alphabetical order and so named after they find that one is approaching.
2006-11-11 11:34:40 · answer #1 · answered by ~SSIRREN~ 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Satellite imaging... then they fly planes into the storms to get wind speeds. Once it reaches hurricane strength, it goes from a tropical storm to a hurricane.
The names are predetermined, alphabetically, alternating between male and female names. These lists are made years in advance.
2006-11-11 19:34:37 · answer #2 · answered by misskate12001 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They pick all the names in advance, usually by a couple of years, and they're always in alphabetical order and alternate between female and male.
2006-11-11 19:34:01 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
They have all the names already chosen. View them at the link below.
2006-11-11 19:35:34 · answer #4 · answered by janellyy . 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i think they just pick a name for every letter of the alphabet.
2006-11-11 19:39:03 · answer #5 · answered by snicker 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it goes alphabetically...one letter after the other...beginning the year with letter "a". They (who the **** are "they", don't ask me ;0) pick a name beginning with the letter they're up to and there it goes...you have let's say alfred, then beatrix, then carolyn, etc, etc...
2006-11-11 19:37:27 · answer #6 · answered by ziggy 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
its in alphabetical order and it alternates male and female
2006-11-11 19:35:20 · answer #7 · answered by leafy_c2i2 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It goes in alphabetical order... that's all I know!
2006-11-11 19:33:55 · answer #8 · answered by misery 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
yea, I think they are all named after women.
2006-11-11 19:35:29 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/general/lib/reason.html
2006-11-11 19:35:02 · answer #10 · answered by DrK 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋