Who Names Hurricanes?

11/9/2020 (Permalink)

From 1950-1952, hurricanes of the North Atlantic Ocean were identified by the phonetic (A,B,C, etc.) alphabet.  In 1953, the US Weather Bureau switched to women's names.  The naming rights now go by the World Meteorological Organization, which uses different sets of names depending on the part of the world the storm is in.  Around the United States, only women's names were used until 1979.  It was then decided that they should alternate a list that included men's names as well.  There are 6 different name lists that alternate each year.  If a hurricane causes significant damage, its name will be retired and replaced with another. 

Here are the names that were used to identify hurricanes for 2019:

Andrea, Barry, Chantal, Dorian, Erin, Fernand, Gabrielle, Humberto, Imelda, Jerry, Karen, Lorenzo, Melissa, Nestor, Olga, Pablo, Rebekah, Sabastien, Tanya, Van, Wendy

Has a hurricane ever been named after you?

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