BB FANS

I'm sorry but you can't take a storm called Kenneth seriously

okay, then how about the latest east pacific storm 'Norma' ?
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only 4 names left (stan, tammy, vince, wilma), then its greek alphabet time.
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back to Rita.

best coverage remains on http://www.khou.com with dr neil franks, a well respected weather guy.
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Stan????Oh no please.Will we have to endure eminem singing throughout the coverage??

this may be a REALLY stupid question, but where do the names come from? who makes them up?

*this is something I've always wondered since childhood*

For some reason I've always thought it goes down the alphabet and they just come up with a girls name that works with the letter but knowing me that likely came in a dream...!

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutnames.shtml

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The world Met' people sit down at a table each year and vote on names.

1. names alternate between male/female.
2. any named storm that was 'serious' is permanently removed and replaced.
3. only 21 names are used, no I, Q, U, Z, Y storm names.

if more than 21 storms in a year (never happened), they use greek alphabet, alpha, beta, gamma...

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Cal: bed.

Told you I was probably making it up. Mind you, I'm CERTAIN I heard that somewhere, maybe primary school

They used only girls names up until winter 1977.

Hurricane 'bob' in summer 1978 was the first 'guy' storm.
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So, if you're old enough, it wasn't a dream.

Calrissian: has got the XY factor

The storm has now been downgraded to a Cat 1 so it looks as if the worst is over.

Looking at the wind speeds it is now just 'A Wee bit Windy' as they used to say in South Uist

No I'm not old enough. I've thought that for years, it's pretty weird.

Many things from my childhood are kind of strange - was going to say one there but it's a bit funny I blame my father!!

Im so glad Hurricane Frances wasnt as bad as some of these Hurricanes. I was scared (why would I wanna say that word) when Frances came and that was a Cat 1!