Hurricane Charley

[pv=nrt]

What happens to a Hurricane anyway, do they keep getting stronger or do they eventually die out *scratches head* Thinking about it i assume they die out otherwise there'd be a storm everyother day

Hurricanes get their strength over warm water, when they hit land their strength gradually leaves and it is downgraded to tropical storm then tropical wave.

I have been through a hurricane before, it is purely amazing to see it happen, then the eye pass over you, then it suddenly return.

[Golden Sun 1]

Hurricanes get their strength over warm water, when they hit land their strength gradually leaves and it is downgraded to tropical storm then tropical wave.

I have been through a hurricane before, it is purely amazing to see it happen, then the eye pass over you, then it suddenly return.

Thanks

[ZeUs!!]

they stopped using girl names for hurricanes because they complained it was sexist

I like the way there's no "desmond", "vivian" or "jerome"s on that list

[Da1andonly]

2005
Arlene
Bret
Cindy
Dennis
Emily
...
..
.

Hähä, can't wait for 2005!

[Cumulonimbus]

must be embarrasing to have your town raped by hurricane beryl

[Ilya]

they stopped using girl names for hurricanes because they complained it was sexist

so i was wrong.

they only used female names prior to 1979, but since that was sexist, they started using both

[uranium]

im coming in 2005
well it jose but thats spanish for joseph isnt it?

[Hoju]

RIP Carbon & Hoju

the night it hit i had clear skies and a nice cool breeze

it was great

[Ewan]

For several hundred years, hurricanes in the West Indies were often named after the particular saint’s day on which the hurricane occurred. For example "Hurricane San Felipe" struck Puerto Rico on 13 September 1876. Another storm struck Puerto Rico on the same day in 1928, and this storm was named "Hurricane San Felipe the second." Later, latitude-longitude positions were used. However, experience has shown that using distinctive names in communications is quicker and less subject to error than the cumbersome latitude longitude identification methods.

Using women’s names became the practice during World War II, following the use of a woman’s name for a storm in the 1941 novel "Storm" by George R. Stewart. In 1951 the United States adopted a confusing plan to name storms by a phonetic alphabet (Able, Baker, Charlie), and in 1953 the nation’s weather services returned to using female names. The practice of using female names exclusively ended in 1978 when names from both genders were used to designate storms in the eastern Pacific. A year later, male and female names were included in lists for the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico. The name lists, which have been agreed upon at international meetings of the World Meteorological Organization, have a French, Spanish, Dutch, and English flavor because hurricanes affect other nations and are tracked by the public and weather services of many countries.

The Tropical Prediction Center in Miami, FL keeps a constant watch on oceanic storm-breeding grounds. Once a system with counterclockwise circulation and wind speeds of 39 mph or greater is identified, the Center gives the storm a name from the list for the current year. The letters Q, U, X, Y, and Z are not included because of the scarcity of names beginning with those letters. Names associated with storms that have caused significant death and/or damage are usually retired from the list.

[Ewan]

LOL UR WRONG

the a-b-c-d names change every year. This year's C name is Charley. Next years is Cindy.

http://www.fema.gov/kids/hunames3.htm

They change every year, but they also return:
compare 2006 and 2000
http://www.fema.gov/kids/hunames2.htm
http://www.fema.gov/kids/hunames3.htm


The Six-Year List of Hurricane Names For Atlantic Storms
2001
Allison
Barry
Chantal
Dean
Erin
Felix
Gabrielle
Humberto
Iris
Jerry
Karen
Lorenzo
Michelle
Noel
Olga
Pablo
Rebekah
Sebastien
Tanya
Van
Wendy
2002
Arthur
Bertha
Cristobal
Dolly
Edouard
Fay
Gustav
Hanna
Isidore
Josephine
Kyle
Lili
Marco
Nana
Omar
Paloma
Rene
Sally
Teddy
Vicky
Wilfred
2003
Ana
Bill
Claudette
Danny
Erika
Fabian
Grace
Henri
Isabel
Juan
Kate
Larry
Mindy
Nicholas
Odette
Peter
Rose
Sam
Teresa
Victor
Wanda
2004
Alex
Bonnie
Charley
Danielle
Earl
Frances
Gaston
Hermine
Ivan
Jeanne
Karl
Lisa
Matthew
Nicole
Otto
Paula
Richard
Shary
Tomas
Virginie
Walter
2005
Arlene
Bret
Cindy
Dennis
Emily
Franklin
Gert
Harvey
Irene
Jose
Katrina
Lee
Maria
Nate
Ophelia
Philippe
Rita
Stan
Tammy
Vince
Wilma
2006
Alberto
Beryl
Chris
Debby
Ernesto
Florence
Gordon
Helene
Isaac
Joyce
Keith
Leslie
Michael
Nadine
Oscar
Patty
Rafael
Sandy
Tony
Valerie
William

The Six-Year List of Names For Eastern Pacific Tropical Storms

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Adolph Alma Andres Agatha Adrian Aletta
Barbara Boris Blanca Blas Beatriz Bud
Cosme Cristina Carlos Celia Calvin Carlotta
Dalila Douglas Dolores Darby Dora Daniel
Erick Elida Enrique Estelle Eugene Emilia
Flossie Fausto Felicia Frank Fernanda Fabio
Gil Genevieve Guillermo Georgette Greg Gilma
Henriette Hernan Hilda Howard Hilary Hector
Ivo Iselle Ignacio Isis Irwin Ileana
Juliette Julio Jimena Javier Jova John
Kiko Kenna Kevin Kay Kenneth Kristy
Lorena Lowell Linda Lester Lidia Lane
Manuel Marie Marty Madeline Max Miriam
Narda Norbert Nora Newton Norma Norman
Octave Odile Olaf Orlene Otis Olivia
Priscilla Polo Patricia Paine Pilar Paul
Raymond Rachel Rick Roslyn Ramon Rosa
Sonia Simon Sandra Seymour Selma Sergio
Tico Trudy Terry Tina Todd Tara
Velma Vance Vivian Virgil Veronica Vicente
Wallis Winne Waldo Winifred Wiley Willa
Xina Xavier Xina Xavier Xina Xavier
York Yolanda York Yolanda York Yolanda
Zelda Zeke Zelda Zeke Zelda Zeke

Retired hurricane names
Agnes David Hazel
Alicia Diana Hilda
Allen Diane Hortense
Allison Donna Hugo
Andrew Dora Inez
Anita Edna Ione
Audrey Elena Iris
Betsy Eloise Jane
Beulah Fifi Joan
Bob Flora Keith
Camille Fran Klaus
Carla Frederic Luis
Carmen Floyd Lenny
Carol Gilbert Marilyn
Celia Gloria Michelle
Cesar Gracie Mitch
Cleo Georges Opal
Connie Hattie Roxanne

[Evasive]

thanks ewan, you're the best