Hurricane geeking, part 2
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astra_nomerAfter Vince, the next tropical storms will be named Wilma, then Alpha, Beta, Gamma, etc...
So what happens if one of those greek-letter-named storms becomes significant? Do you retire that name? So if Hurricane Beta becomes category 5 and wipes out yet another coastal state, in a future year with 21+ storms, would the names go Alpha, Gamma, Delta?
I think they should be named like supernovae. i.e. Supernova 1987A was a Type II supernova => Hurricane 2005Beta was a category 5 storm.
So what happens if one of those greek-letter-named storms becomes significant? Do you retire that name? So if Hurricane Beta becomes category 5 and wipes out yet another coastal state, in a future year with 21+ storms, would the names go Alpha, Gamma, Delta?
I think they should be named like supernovae. i.e. Supernova 1987A was a Type II supernova => Hurricane 2005Beta was a category 5 storm.
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Date: 2005-10-10 06:19 pm (UTC)Maybe in a few thousand years they'd have to adopt some other alphabet. vulture, reed-leaf, double-reed-leaf, arm!
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Date: 2005-10-10 07:49 pm (UTC)