Today, we have Tropical Storm Ophelia. It is the earliest on record for the 15th named storm of the season. Which brings up the obvious question: Will we run out of names?
As of today, we have six more names ending with the "w" storm, Wilma. Some have wondered if we would start over or skip over and start using the 2006 names.
Neither.
Instead, we would shift to the Greek alphabet. Some of the first names on that would be Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta and Epsilon.
Let's hope and pray that we don't even get to Alpha (or even to Wilma)
By the way, you will never hear of Hurricane Katrina again. When a hurricane is major, major in strength, the names are retired forever just like a super sports star occasionally has his jersey number retired.
Just a few examples of that: there will be no more Hugo, Camille, Opal, Andrew, Katrina, to name a few.
(Thanks to Shayne Hardesty for suggesting this story.)
As of today, we have six more names ending with the "w" storm, Wilma. Some have wondered if we would start over or skip over and start using the 2006 names.
Neither.
Instead, we would shift to the Greek alphabet. Some of the first names on that would be Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta and Epsilon.
Let's hope and pray that we don't even get to Alpha (or even to Wilma)
By the way, you will never hear of Hurricane Katrina again. When a hurricane is major, major in strength, the names are retired forever just like a super sports star occasionally has his jersey number retired.
Just a few examples of that: there will be no more Hugo, Camille, Opal, Andrew, Katrina, to name a few.
(Thanks to Shayne Hardesty for suggesting this story.)
on September 7, 2005, 12:35 pm
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