Herricanes or Himicanes Who gets to Name them?

[gilbert88]

Actually it was Adolph

And EX, that is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard in my life. They pick names that are in the English, Spanish, and French languages because those are the languages of the affected areas in the North Atlantic.

Exactly... Jose, Paloma, Pablo, etc. have been on the current lists since their introduction in 1979.


Edit: What puzzles me is the presence of some really obscure names in the EPAC lists.

[Terrell]

What's political about the naming of hurricanes, other than they use both male and female names, instead of just female names?

yea i dont see anything political about the names either.......

Well several years ago and I don't remember where I read something about names of hurricanes (so can't give a link) it was mentioned about trying to be politically correct in the naming of storms. For instance one person in the article said there were not enough hispanic, or african-american type of names popular in other cultures. The person said that they were white bread type names and that the organization which was responsible for the names needed to be sensitive to the issue of naming storms. I believe it was shortly after the decision was made to include male names.
I noticed that the same concerns were being raise in education when it came to math story problems used in state testing. Several groups wanted the names in the story problems to reflect a broad base of other races and cultures when choosing names to be used.
That is what I meant about being politically correct.
I think after that we did have names like Juan or Jose as names of storms. I don't know if we have had names like keyshawn, La Tisha or other names that are popular with other races. (this isn't meant to be a racist remark just an observation)

It's not taken as an offensive remark in any way, shape, or form, at least not by me, I was just curious as to what you meant. Maybe it's because I'm okay with the current list of names. It doesn't bother me that there's not a hurricane Tyrell or Tyrone in the list, nor are they in my own personal lists on the thread about making your own list, though I do recall somewhat a remark by Bill Maher, one of my favorite comedians, about the names of hurricanes not sounding very scary. I forget the exact remark though to quote him.

[tornadochaser86]

a group of meteorology society people do

[tornadochaser86]

a group of meteorology society people do

[tornadochaser86]

i dont think so it didnt do that much damage