"...now revert to the Greek alphabet for the rest of the season, which ends Nov. 30."

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=1240459

we still have another month of this to go!! :eek:

I was looking forward to Huricane Xerxes. Why did they stop at W?? :confused:

they dont do xyz or q....not enough something or another...

click on that link in an earlier post of mine and it explains it...






*dances a "go away hurricane" dance*

Re: Re: Tropical Storm Alpha!
 

Hi, my name is sarcasm and I would like to be your friend.

Would it make everyone feel better if I put the eye roll in? Or just say that I want Hurrican Delta so I can cut it out and put it in my scrapbook?

Here is a bunch of eye roll smiles to make up for my first post. :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/storm_graphi...144559W_sm.gif

YAY! Tropical Storm Beta! Only 2 more and your sorority scrapbook can be complete with storms Delta and Gamma! I hope one can hit Tampa before I leave!!!!!

heh heh heh heh heh dot dot dot uhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

ooooooooo


errrrrrrrrrrrr


In the words of Bobby the Don: BLAH!

Bobby must be here in spirit.... :p

Too bad I don't have IM on my computer at work.

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Tropical Storm Alpha!
 

Nope, Nov 1

GO BETA GO

According to the NOAA web site:

Contributed by Neal Dorst

The Atlantic hurricane season is officially from 1 June to 30 November. There is nothing magical in these dates, and hurricanes have occurred outside of these six months, but these dates were selected to encompass over 97% of tropical activity. The Atlantic basin shows a very peaked season from August through October, with 78% of the tropical storm days, 87% of the minor (Saffir-Simpson Scale categories 1 and 2 - see Subject D1) hurricane days, and 96% of the major (Saffir-Simpson categories 3, 4 and 5) hurricane days occurring then (Landsea 1993). Maximum activity is in early to mid September. Once in a few years there may be a tropical cyclone occurring "out of season" - primarily in May or December. (For more detailed information, see Subject G13 - "What is my chance of having a tropical storm or hurricane strike by each month?")

I was a meterology major for a year and always thought it was ironic that one of the US' leading hurricane scientists' name was Dr. Landsea.

I also thought that the former head of Occidental Petrolium, Armand Hammer was named after Arm and Hammer baking soda. Or vice versa. It really confused me as a child.

He was apparently named after the symbol, which was a communist symbol, but not the brand, which took the symbol later or something. I'm still confused.