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2006-11-26 20:29:41 · 5 answers · asked by L ME 2 in Science & Mathematics Astronomy & Space

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No they don't. They alternate between male & female names.
Remember Hurricane Bill?

North Atlantic Ocean storms are named by the U.S. National Hurricane Center from the following lists. There have been six lists of names in use since 1979. The lists make use of names from both sexes. They are in alphabetical order and lists are recycled after six years, with List IV in use for the 2006 season. For retired names, see List of retired Atlantic hurricanes. All letters of the alphabet are used except Q, U, X, Y and Z.

Gender alternates both between adjacent names in a list (a male name is followed by a female one and vice versa) and between initial names between lists (if one year's list starts with a female name, the next year's list begins with a male one and vice versa).

If the names on a list are all used, storms are then named after the letters of the Greek alphabet (Alpha, Beta, Gamma, etc.) The use of 21 names was established in reference to the 1933 Atlantic hurricane season which had been the record holder for the most storms in the region. This record was broken during the 2005 season, which saw 28 storms (27 named and one unnamed), and saw the first use of the Greek alphabet to name storms.


List I
(2009) List II
(2010) List III
(2011) List IV
(2006) List V
(2007) List VI
(2008)
• 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
• Igor
• Julia
• Karl
• Lisa
• Matthew
• Nicole
• Otto
• Paula
• Richard
• Shary
• Tomas
• Virginie
• Walter • Arlene
• Bret
• Cindy
• Don
• Emily
• Franklin
• Gert
• Harvey
• Irene
• Jose
• Katia
• Lee
• Maria
• Nate
• Ophelia
• Philippe
• Rina
• Sean
• Tammy
• Vince
• Whitney • 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

2006-11-26 21:05:42 · answer #1 · answered by Basement Bob 6 · 1 0

Have you ever wondered about the system used for naming hurricanes? Where did those names come from, anyway? Will we have to suffer through another "Hurricane Andrew"? The system is not that complicated.
Hurricanes used to be designated by a system of latitude-longitude, which was a great way for meteorologists to track them. However, once the public began receiving storm warnings and trying to keep track of a particular storm path, this got very confusing. A system of names to refer to them was much easier to track and remember.

In 1953, the National Weather Service picked up on the habit of Naval meteorologists of naming the storms after women. Ships were always referred to as female, and were often given women's names. The storms' temperament certainly seemed female enough, shifting directions at a whim on a moment's notice.

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In 1979, male names were inserted to alternate with the female names,to the delight of women's-libbers everywhere.
There are actually six lists of names in use for storms in the Atlantic. These lists rotate, one each year; the list of this year's names will not be reused until 2011. The names get recycled each time the list comes up, with one exception: storms so devastating that reusing the name is inappropriate. In this case, the name is taken off the list and another name is used to replace it; there will not be another Hurricane Andrew, because Andrew has been replace by Alex on the list. Although it will not be an issue for five more years, the names of Frances, Ivan and Jeanne will probably go into the history books in 2010.

A storm must start as a Tropical Depression and move on to become a Tropical Storm before it is given a name. Once a storm is named, preparations for the possible hurricane should be well under way. Without further ado, here is the list of hurricane names for 2006:


Alberto
Beryl
Chris
Debby
Ernesto
Florence
Gordon
Helene
Isaac
Joyce
Kirk
Leslie
Michael
Nadine
Oscar
Patty
Rafael
Sandy
Tony
Valerie
William
One question I've heard a lot recently is "What happens if we run out of hurricane names?" If we're unlucky enough to deplete the year's supply of names we won't, contrary to popular opinion, simply start using names from next year's list. In that case, the National Hurricane Center will turn to the Greek alphabet and we'll have Hurricanes Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, etc.

2006-11-27 05:12:39 · answer #2 · answered by alexander 2 · 0 0

From the past Men are the dominating power and they used to give names to all the things in the world. They used to say that a women could bring up one's life or even bring down to ground. Thus he gave the nature women's name. For eg. he gave womens name to rivers, land, etc to show their greatness and also he named huricains and some other things meaning that women could even bring down something.

2006-11-27 04:43:26 · answer #3 · answered by V@su Maniram 3 · 0 1

In Religion, Nature is regarded as Feminine
Nature is referred to as Mother
Hurricanes being products of Nature are seen as Daughters of Nature
Therefore hurricanes have women's name

2006-11-27 07:40:29 · answer #4 · answered by Santhosh S 5 · 1 1

that is very easy to answer,the reason is that they both take away ur house and money when they leave u.lol

2006-11-27 07:45:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

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