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To: Jet Jaguar

"We go to the Greek alphabet"

Agamemnon, Bellerophon, Gorgon, Dionysus...

Names from Greek myth reflect the terrible, destructive power of hurricanes.


4 posted on 09/21/2005 4:55:13 AM PDT by cloud8
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To: cloud8
Names from Greek myth reflect the terrible, destructive power of hurricanes.

Hurricane Cerberus oughta be a real hum-dinger!


25 posted on 09/21/2005 5:16:16 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (Many Democrats are not weak Americans. But nearly all weak Americans are Democrats.)
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To: cloud8
Agamemnon, Bellerophon, Gorgon, Dionysus...

I vote for "Gamera" myself...

;-)

34 posted on 09/21/2005 5:36:46 AM PDT by Jonah Hex (Go. Hunt. Kill Skuls.)
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To: cloud8

Agamemnon

64 gun ship of the Ardent class

Lower gun deck 26 x 24pdrs
Upper gun deck 26 x 18pdrs
Quarter deck 10 x 9pdrs
Forecastle 2 x 9pdrs

Back in the days of wooden ships and iron men.


36 posted on 09/21/2005 5:38:28 AM PDT by PeteB570
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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!")
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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?


52 posted on 09/21/2005 6:02:18 AM PDT by HostileTerritory
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