David Wilhelm, the 12 year old son of Mike Wilhelm asks a very interesting question:
"What if they run out of names on the Greek Alphabet?"
Well, David, I think we can pretty much issue a "money-back-guarantee" that will never happen. But I was the one that said we would never have a named storm around Christmas! (Take note Chuck)
There are 18 more names after Zeta. If all those were used I would think it was the end of the world. (And, I am not trying to be funny)
And, I would head for the hills.
Can you imagine a tropical storm or hurricane with some of these names?
Eta...the next one...pronounced "Ay-tay"
Mu...pronounced "Mew"
Nu...pronounced "New"
Phi...pronounced "figh-or-fie"
Chi...pronounced "Kigh"
Psi...pronounced "Sigh"
Shall we send out a plane and do some cloud seeding on Zeta and end this for good? That was tried once and it backfired.
Great to see 12-year old David have a healthy interest in weather. Credit his dad for that!
But my answer to the original question is "I don't know" I doubt if it has ever been planned for.
"What if they run out of names on the Greek Alphabet?"
Well, David, I think we can pretty much issue a "money-back-guarantee" that will never happen. But I was the one that said we would never have a named storm around Christmas! (Take note Chuck)
There are 18 more names after Zeta. If all those were used I would think it was the end of the world. (And, I am not trying to be funny)
And, I would head for the hills.
Can you imagine a tropical storm or hurricane with some of these names?
Eta...the next one...pronounced "Ay-tay"
Mu...pronounced "Mew"
Nu...pronounced "New"
Phi...pronounced "figh-or-fie"
Chi...pronounced "Kigh"
Psi...pronounced "Sigh"
Shall we send out a plane and do some cloud seeding on Zeta and end this for good? That was tried once and it backfired.
Great to see 12-year old David have a healthy interest in weather. Credit his dad for that!
But my answer to the original question is "I don't know" I doubt if it has ever been planned for.
on October 4, 2006, 4:13 am
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