Storm Season

Awareness of the outside world. NOAA: Hurricane Preparedness.

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Should we have 13 Atlantic hurricanes this year, we will be treated to Hurricane Milton.

“The six lists above are used in rotation and re-cycled every six years.” NOAA: Tropical Cyclone Names. So, Milton will be up for re-use in 2030. The M for 2018 was Michael, which was retired.

Rodney is not on the list.

Turns out there is very good reason to name hurricanes. NOAA: Tropical Cyclone Naming History and Retired Names.

Hat tip to M.

Update. Saving you the click & storing it here in case page goes away. From above link.

NOAA, Reason to Name Hurricanes

“Experience shows that the use of short, distinctive names in written as well as spoken communications is quicker and less subject to error than the older, more cumbersome latitude-longitude identification methods. These advantages are especially important in exchanging detailed storm information between hundreds of widely scattered stations, coastal bases, and ships at sea.

“The use of easily remembered names greatly reduces confusion when two or more tropical storms occur at the same time. For example, one hurricane can be moving slowly westward in the Gulf of Mexico, while at exactly the same time another hurricane can be moving rapidly northward along the Atlantic coast. In the past, confusion and false rumors have arisen when storm advisories broadcast from radio stations were mistaken for warnings concerning an entirely different storm located hundreds of miles away.”

Onwards!
Katherine