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Hurricane Center May Run Out of Names
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| 19 September 2005
| Ker Than
Posted on 09/21/2005 4:42:29 AM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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To: Lazamataz
She don't like she don't like she don't like
Co Cane
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posted on
09/21/2005 5:40:46 AM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(Ponce de Leon is coming here to look for the fountain of dumb. DC is his first stop.)
To: Laura Earl
42
posted on
09/21/2005 5:41:19 AM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(Ponce de Leon is coming here to look for the fountain of dumb. DC is his first stop.)
To: Jet Jaguar
Party over, out of time.
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posted on
09/21/2005 5:42:47 AM PDT
by
SlowBoat407
(The best things happen just before the thread snaps.)
To: Jet Jaguar
Personally I think they ought to name them after the congresscritters running for re-election that year (alphabetically by state or by district). It'd be fun to watch them squirm when their name came up.
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posted on
09/21/2005 5:43:33 AM PDT
by
P8riot
(Growing old is mandatory, growing up is optional.)
To: bk1000; Lazamataz; Laura Earl
The violent swaying of palms is what causes the wind to get so fierce. I thought everyone knew that. Cut down the palms and hurricanes will be milder.
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posted on
09/21/2005 5:45:09 AM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(Ponce de Leon is coming here to look for the fountain of dumb. DC is his first stop.)
To: cloud8
Agamemnon, Bellerophon, Gorgon, Dionysus... Asclepius would be an ironic name for a hurricane, neh?
46
posted on
09/21/2005 5:48:02 AM PDT
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
("Gentlemen. You can't fight in here. This is the War Room!")
To: Jet Jaguar
"We go to the Greek alphabet," said Frank Lepore, spokesman for the National Hurricane Center.Racists... how about the urban alphabet? Antwan, Beyonce, Carletta, De(insert your favorite name here), Ebony, Felopian,... The list is endless!
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posted on
09/21/2005 5:54:35 AM PDT
by
Hatteras
To: bk1000
Well, you know trees cause wind. Just look outside whenever it is windy, and what do you see? All of the trees swaying back and forth! Their violent movement causes the wind.
Maybe palms, being closer to the shores (and more prevalent in the hurricane areas) are stronger, or somehow put a "twist" on the winds to make them all converge in a big circular pattern, and Voila a hurricane is created.
To: Lil'freeper
I think "such names as Omicron and Upsilon" would meet her requirements.
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posted on
09/21/2005 5:57:41 AM PDT
by
Sometimes A River
("The leaves have broken on Lake Ponktran" - WKAT 1360 AM Miami Newsreader)
To: Conspiracy Guy
To: tongue-tied
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posted on
09/21/2005 6:01:19 AM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(Ponce de Leon is coming here to look for the fountain of dumb. DC is his first stop.)
To: cloud8
God, the LAST thing we need is to hear some of our "weather specialists" trying to pronounce "Bellerophon" on national tv.
If they cycle through the whole alphabet again, would the next storm be Telemonian Ajax?
To: sweetliberty
Hurricane Bailey, Caley, Hailey, Kaley, Caden, Hayden, Jayden, Madison...
To: BulletBobCo
To: HostileTerritory
Of course, then there would be ten other hurricanes in their kindergarten class with the same name. I wonder if now the name "Katrina" will decline in popularity?
To: GraceCoolidge
I have a friend named Rita who is thrilled by the prominence of her name--she's hoping it enjoys a second run as a popular baby name because she thinks it's too pretty for its association with older generations only.
To: Jet Jaguar
Why exactly do the "skip certain letters"???
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posted on
09/21/2005 6:24:56 AM PDT
by
TheBattman
(Islam (and liberalism)- the cult of Satan)
To: TheBattman
Twenty-one names are reserved each year (the letters q, u, x, y and z are not used), and the names are recycled every six years, minus those retired. When a name is retired, the World Meteorological Organization chooses a new name to replace it.
To: HostileTerritory
Jus' use the names of "prominent" liberals. This way they will be immortalized and made famous for the destruction they have perpetrated on this country.
To: TheBattman
Too hard to find names that start with those letters.
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