Alpha Sets Record As 22nd Atlantic Storm

AP via ABC News ^ | 10/22/2005 | RON WORD

[Quaker]

MIAMI Oct 22, 2005 — Tropical Storm Alpha formed Saturday in the Caribbean, setting the record for the most named storms in an Atlantic hurricane season and marking the first time forecasters had to turn to the Greek alphabet for names.

The previous record of 21 named storms had stood since 1933. Alpha was the 22nd to reach tropical storm strength this year, and the season doesn't end until Nov. 30.

At 5 p.m. EDT, Alpha had sustained winds of about 40 mph 1 mph over the threshold for a tropical storm.

[Quaker]

Now we haveTropical Storm Alpha forming in the Atlantic.  Alpha (the first number in the Greek alphabet) is the is the 22nd Atlantic storm this hurricane season.  The most ever recorded since the NOAA has been following storms.

I hope Alpha is the last.

This from the AP via ABC news:

Tropical Storm Alpha formed Saturday in the Caribbean, setting the record for the most named storms in an Atlantic hurricane season and marking the first time forecasters had to turn to the Greek alphabet for names.

 

The previous record of 21 named storms had stood since 1933. Alpha was the 22nd to reach tropical storm strength this year, and the season doesn't end until Nov. 30.

 

At 5 p.m. EDT, Alpha had sustained winds of about 40 mph 1 mph over the threshold for a tropical storm....

[Nowhere Man]

We need to use the World War II miltary alphabet, Able, Baker Charlie, Dog, Easy....... IIRC, I think they did that in 1950 and from what I have read, Hurricanes Dog and Easy were bd ones.

[LibFreeOrDie]

Interesting graphic... any chance of Wilma and Alpha combining?

[Paleo Conservative]

Hopefully we won't get to Omega.

[ShadowDancer]

Well, if this isn't a sign for a toga party, I don't know what is.

[Sam Hill]

"Alpha (the first number in the Greek alphabet)"

And by "number" you mean "letter."

[Fiddlstix]

BTTT

[byteback]

Should have been Hurricane Able Danger

[CommandoFrank]

Hopefully we won't get to Omega.

But what if we go past Omega? The alphabet in ebonics?

[Paleo Conservative]

Yo!

[blinachka]

whyat about letters "x", "y" and "z"? Does anyone know why they are not used? It's not as though there are no names starting with these letters...it's just that they're uncommon. (Xander, Xavier, Xenia, Yanni, Yuri, Zoe, ZhaZha )

[Parley Baer]

or Xdemocrat. Hehehehe.

[manwiththehands]

Hurricane "X-wife" or husband or girlfriend or "partner"
Hurricane "Yo!"
Hurricane "Zzzzz"
By then hurricane season will be over and we'll be snoozing anyway.

[diverteach]

Here's our new 2005 Hurricane name list. Wonder how many of these we'll make it through this season?

alpha ALPHA (AL-fuh) First letter of the Greek alphabet.
beta BETA (BAY-tuh)
gamma GAMMA (GAM-uh)
delta DELTA (DEL-tuh)
epsilon EPSILON (EP-sil-on) The second form of the lower case epsilon is used as the “set membership” symbol.
zeta ZETA (ZAY-tuh)
eta ETA (AY-tuh)
theta THETA (THAY-tuh)
iota IOTA (eye-OH-tuh)
kappa KAPPA (KAP-uh)
lambda LAMBDA (LAM-duh)
mu MU (MYOO)
nu NU (NOO)
xi XI (KS-EYE)
omicron OMICRON (OM-i-KRON) Rarely used because it looks like an ‘o.’
pi PI (PIE) The lower-case Pi is universally used to represent that number which is the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. The upper-case Pi is used as the “product” symbol.
rho RHO (ROW)
sigma SIGMA (SIG-muh) The capital Sigma is used as the “summation” symbol.
tau TAU (TAU)
upsilon UPSILON (OOP-si-LON)
phi PHI (FEE) The two versions of lower-case Phi are used interchangeably.
chi CHI (K-EYE)
psi PSI (SIGH)
omega OMEGA (oh-MAY-guh) Last letter of the Greek alphabet.

[Young Werther]

Wilma then Xavier then Yvonne then Zeus!!!

Greek letters are as nonsensical as the PC use of male names for HERicanes!!!!!

[opticks]

I totally agree,especially since the atomic weapons programs used those names for their tests.

[Panic in the Streets]

No, if they collided, they would bust each other up.

[Panic in the Streets]

There was a time when all the canes were named after chicks.

I think it was Maxine Waters was demanding they be named "black" names, like LeQuisha, Taneka and Karen.

[blinachka]

how about hurrican X-terminate Hillary?