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Greek alphabet will no longer be used to name hurricanes
Accuweather ^
| Mar. 19, 2021
| Chaffin Mitchell, AccuWeather staff writer
Posted on 03/19/2021 12:09:15 PM PDT by Jonty30
The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season was so active that forecasters resorted to naming storms with letters from the Greek alphabet for only the second time in history. Turns out, it was the final time.
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) announced Wednesday the Greek alphabet will not be used in the future because doing so "creates a distraction from the communication of hazard and storm warnings and is potentially confusing."
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Good news, if you're Greek.
You're no longer responsible for the names of storms
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posted on
03/19/2021 12:09:15 PM PDT
by
Jonty30
To: Jonty30
To: Jonty30
They should use Chinese characters.
To: Jonty30
I thought they were female names but then they quit when they got to Zelda (?)
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posted on
03/19/2021 12:11:57 PM PDT
by
SkyDancer
(Remember Ashli Babbitt!)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
03/19/2021 12:12:46 PM PDT
by
GrandJediMasterYoda
(As long as Hillary Clinton remains free equal justice under the law will never exist in the USA)
To: nickcarraway
Yep, new alphabet/names contains Deshawn and Tayshaun.
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posted on
03/19/2021 12:14:12 PM PDT
by
Riflema
To: Riflema
Ai’esha
Breonna
Cin’gue
Deshawn...
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posted on
03/19/2021 12:15:54 PM PDT
by
lightman
(I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
To: lightman
You have to read the new names to believe it. Looks like those names were voted on by a bunch of elementary students from HArlem
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posted on
03/19/2021 12:18:59 PM PDT
by
Archie Bunker on steroids
(You may not take an interest in politics, but politics takes an interest in you "Pericles" )
To: Jonty30
How is it confusing? You could call the storm “Hurricane $hit” and everyone would still track it....
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posted on
03/19/2021 12:20:37 PM PDT
by
nevergore
(I have a terrible rash on my covfefe....)
To: Jonty30
Thank goodness!
What a relief!
I haven’t been able to get any sleep for decades due to
worrying about this issue.
/s
Is there any doubt some folks have way too much idle time
on their hands?
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posted on
03/19/2021 12:22:34 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(The Republican Party is dead. Long live the Founders Party.)
To: lightman
My favorite story comes from Hurricane Isaias last August. Here in Charleston SC no local black newscaster could pronounce it correctly. I heard it was a problem for them nationwide. So I figure that closes the book on uncommon names for hurricanes.
To: Hillarys Gate Cult
Just more on their agenda of dumbing us down.
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posted on
03/19/2021 12:36:21 PM PDT
by
Tomato lover
(When I learned how to fear God, God took the fear away!)
To: Jonty30
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posted on
03/19/2021 1:01:01 PM PDT
by
ßuddaßudd
((>> M A G A << "What the hell kind of country is this if I can only hate a man if he's white?")
To: Jonty30
Why the hell do they insist on giving fruitbat names to storms?
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posted on
03/19/2021 1:02:56 PM PDT
by
hank ernade
(armchair macho bravado EverTrumper)
To: Jonty30
Linked text from original: After exhausting the OED, we started numbering them. When overlapping hurricanes formed at all points on the Earth's surface, and our scheme was foiled by Cantor diagonalization, we just decided to name them all "Steve". Your local forecast tomorrow is "Steve". Good luck.
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posted on
03/19/2021 1:03:53 PM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(The greatest threat to world freedom is the Chinese Communist Party and Joe Biden is their puppet.)
To: lightman
I though you wuz kiddin'!
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posted on
03/19/2021 1:04:40 PM PDT
by
null and void
(The media decides what news you can see and NOT SEE. But don't you dare call 'em Not-Sees)
To: Archie Bunker on steroids
You have to read the new names to believe it. Looks like those names were voted on by a bunch of elementary students from Harlem Or maybe grad students at Haaaaavaaaad?
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posted on
03/19/2021 1:06:56 PM PDT
by
null and void
(The media decides what news you can see and NOT SEE. But don't you dare call 'em Not-Sees)
To: Jonty30
It used to be that they only named actual hurricanes. Go back to that and the problem solved
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posted on
03/19/2021 1:15:53 PM PDT
by
ConservativeInPA
(“When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.” ― Thomas Jefferson)
To: Hillarys Gate Cult
My favorite story comes from Hurricane Isaias last August. Here in Charleston SC no local black newscaster could pronounce it correctly. I heard it was a problem for them nationwide. Until I read your message, I thought it was pronounced "Isaiah's" so I looked it up and found that it was not. Other hurricanes with exotic pronunciations were Henri (1979) and Georges (1998).
To: hank ernade
Then there’s always biblical names-
Hurricane Zephenathpaanea
Hurricane Jehoiachin
Hurricane Nergalsharezarrabmag
Hurricane Mahershalalhashbaz
Hurricane Aholibamah (that would get some chuckles)
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posted on
03/19/2021 1:26:42 PM PDT
by
hank ernade
(armchair macho bravado EverTrumper)
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