Tropical Storm Alpha! - Page 2

etahannah · #1 10-23-2005, 04:40 PM

"...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!!

Optimist Prime · #2 10-23-2005, 08:50 PM

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

etahannah · #3 10-23-2005, 09:33 PM

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*

DolphinChicaDDD · #4 10-23-2005, 11:10 PM

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Originally posted by DolphinChicaDDD
I know!! I'm SO excited!!

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.

ShaedyKD · #5 10-28-2005, 03:04 PM

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

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!

WCUgirl · #6 10-28-2005, 03:11 PM

Bobby must be here in spirit....

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

SmartBlondeGPhB · #7 10-29-2005, 07:10 PM

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Originally posted by etahannah
i think it is november 30....

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

Nope, Nov 1

a.e.B.O.T. · #8 10-29-2005, 07:16 PM

GO BETA GO

AGDee · #9 10-30-2005, 12:18 AM

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?")

lifesaver · #10 10-30-2005, 06:37 AM

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Originally posted by AGDee
According to the NOAA web site:

Contributed by Neal Dorst
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).

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.