Tropical Storm Alpha!
 

Here we go. We have finally reached the Greek letters. Eek!!!

ALPHA!

Edited to add in link.

i hope they keep forming so i can see *Delta* and *Gamma* on the frontpages of newspapers and then i will cut them out!

that would be kinda cool...am i a dork or what?!?!? :rolleyes:

You have a much better chance of that happening than I do of seeing a Sigma and Kappa...if it EVER got to either of those...well, WOW! That would be bad.

Re: Tropical Storm Alpha!
 

I know!! I'm SO excited!!

Mercy. :( We're at Alpha......

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Excited????????? You're kidding, right?

You are talking about events that have the potential of KILLING people and destroying entire areas.

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That's what I was thinking. It's an unusual thing to be excited about.

Very strange... a touch of gallows humor, perhaps? :D

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Have you ever been evacuated because of a tropical storm or hurricane and made to wonder if you would return to find everything you own destroyed, or wondered if your home, friends, or family were possibly gone? It's nothing to be excited about.

I keep thinking throughout all these hurricanes - Has it always been this bad and I've just never cared before? Sending all the campers home for Arlene and Cindy, then being evacuated for Dennis changed everything - now every time I hear about a tropical storm or hurricane I get a sinking feeling in my stomach and can't move from the news.

I feel the same way. I think I've posted this before, but I'm definitely concerned with all the weird meterological stuff going on this year.

We have 2 category 5 hurricanes in less than a few weeks apart.. then came Wilma who became a category 5 practically overnight (when I went to bed one day it was a cat. 2, then the next morning on the 6 am news it was a 5), then we get the longest and most active hurricane season ever - so bad that they ran out of names... and a major devastating earthquake in Pakistan (ok, so i know earthquakes aren't that tied into the weather..but still)... I'm def. concerned :(

i hope no one misunderstood me...

i think it is horrible!! we still have until the end of november before hurricane season is over.

i just thought it would be neat to be able to cut a big "delta" and a "gamma" out of the newspaper.

i think it is worse than before. i have always tried to pay attention to everything that is going on but it definately is more in the news and worse than ever...

the tsuanmi, all these hurricanes, the earthquake...so much devistation just in this last year....very sad

*doesnt dance for this*


:confused:

"Greeks Now Blamed for Hurricains" and it is G W Bushs Fault!:mad:

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This is an historic year for hurricanes. In the past, a "bad" year was one with 12-15 named storms. We're already at 22, and the season isn't officially over until November 1.

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i think it is november 30....

????????????

"...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*

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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.

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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.