Future Hurricane Names

[Houston_Tempest]

Arlene, Bret, Cindy and Dennis have happened, and Dennis will probably be retired.. good riddance to him. Emily just formed, Franklin is possible by the weekend....

For reference, here are the next storms.

Gert, Harvey, Irene, Jose, Katrina, Lee, Maria, Nate, Ophelia, Phillippe, Rita, Stan, Tammy, Vince, Wilma...

and if that keeps up: Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon, Zeta, Eta, Theta, Iota, Kappa, Lamda, Mu, Nu, Xi, Omikron, Pi, Rho, Sigma, Tau, Upsilon, Phi, Chi, Psi, and Omega (That's the entire greek alphabet) ..

Yes i know im a dork

[wx247]

Tropical Storm Upsilon... it has a nice ring to it! Not.

[gilbert88]

I'm hoping for at least a T.S. Vince.

[jkt21787]

Omrikron. I'd like to hear the mets have to say that over and over again.

[CentralFlGal]

[Brent]

What happens if we go through the Greek alphabet and still need names??? Assign a number?

[The Big Dog]

If we get to Hurricane Omega, I'm heading for the hills. What's left of Florida will be following close behind.

[jimvb]

As I said in another thread, if Hurricane Omega arrives, it will be the Ultimate in Tropical Cyclones. In the Bible, it says God is the "Alpha and the Omega", and mathematicians use omega to denote the first infinite number, beyond all the finite ones. If there is another storm beyond that, it would be Hurricane Omega + 1. Or maybe use cardinal numbers and go with Hurricane Aleph, and then run through the Hebrew alphabet.

[The Big Dog]

May as well just call the next one Hurricane #46 at that point.

Maybe a better way to do it would be to do what they do in the WPAC -- just keep going through the list. They don't start with 'A' every year -- they just pick up where they left off the previous year.

[Radar]

If we go through the alphabet names too then I move to have ferocious names implimented: Godzilla, KingKong, Dracula, Cujo, Frankenstein or my personal favorite "JAWS"

[mtm4319]

As I said in another thread, if Hurricane Omega arrives, it will be the Ultimate in Tropical Cyclones. In the Bible, it says God is the "Alpha and the Omega", and mathematicians use omega to denote the first infinite number, beyond all the finite ones. If there is another storm beyond that, it would be Hurricane Omega + 1. Or maybe use cardinal numbers and go with Hurricane Aleph, and then run through the Hebrew alphabet.

Either that, or Hurricane Omega would signal the coming of Armageddon.

[Radar]

As I said in another thread, if Hurricane Omega arrives, it will be the Ultimate in Tropical Cyclones. In the Bible, it says God is the "Alpha and the Omega", and mathematicians use omega to denote the first infinite number, beyond all the finite ones. If there is another storm beyond that, it would be Hurricane Omega + 1. Or maybe use cardinal numbers and go with Hurricane Aleph, and then run through the Hebrew alphabet.

Either that, or Hurricane Omega would signal the coming of Armageddon.

Have never thought of it that way but I can see how you could derive that meaning from the Bible .... If it gets to the Alphabet this year there will be a whole lotta praying going on!

[HurricaneJoe22]

Hurricane Delta.....will that be like the frat guys in Animal House? haha

[Skywatch_NC]

Hurricane Delta.....will that be like the frat guys in Animal House? haha

Saw it tonight again on the AME channel. And the 'cane party band guests will be Otis And The Knights!

[HurricaneJoe22]

yep, watched it myself

"Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son."
Dean Wormer from "Animal House"

[Skywatch_NC]

yep, watched it myself

"Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son."
Dean Wormer from "Animal House"

Does the fella who plays Gregg Marmalard look kinda like Mike Seidel (just a little bit)?...he does to me.

[Swimdude]

We'd better not get into those Greek letters. There will be all KINDS of colleges having fun with that. Heheheh Hurricane Pi.

[Guest]

I am going to make a prediction about Ophelia. I predict we will have an Ophelia and she will be a major hurricane.

[Coredesat]

We'd better not get into those Greek letters. There will be all KINDS of colleges having fun with that. Heheheh Hurricane Pi.

It's a Category 3.14159.




All right, it's not funny, but it had to be said.

[Hurrilurker]

Gert, Harvey, Irene, Jose, Katrina, Lee, Maria, Nate, Ophelia, Phillippe, Rita, Stan, Tammy, Vince, Wilma...

Irene and Jose sound ominous to me. IIRC, Gert was a very large, very strong Cat. 4 that trailed in Floyd's wake, so that's a little scary. Hurricanes Stan, Tammy, Vince, and Wilma? Please.