That's almost exactly right. The six lists of names for Atlantic tropical storms are set up so the odd-numbered lists start with male names, and the even-numbered lists start with female names. When a storm reaches a sustained wind speed of...
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Is your name one of the official hurricane names? ... Names have been given to Atlantic hurricanes for a few hundred years. People living in the Caribbean islands named storms after the saint of the day from the Roman Catholic liturgical calendar for the day on which the hurricane occurred such as "Hurricane San Felipe".
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geology.com/hurricanes/hurricane-names.shtml
geology.com/hurricanes/hurricane-names.shtml
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How are Hurricanes Named? ... Hurricanes names are chosen from a list selected by the World Meteorological Organization. The Atlantic is assigned six lists of names, with one list used each year. Every sixth year, the first list begins again.
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kids.earth.nasa.gov/archive/hurricane/names.html
kids.earth.nasa.gov/archive/hurricane/names.html
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For hundreds of years, hurricanes in the West Indies were named after the particular saint's day on which the hurricane occurred. An Australian meteorologist began giving women's names to tropical storms before the end of the 19th century.
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www.fema.gov/kids/hunames.htm
www.fema.gov/kids/hunames.htm
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How are Hurricanes Named? ... All Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coastal areas are subject to hurricanes or tropical storms. Parts of the Southwest United States and the Pacific Coast experience heavy rains and floods each year from hurricanes spawned off Mexico.
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www.fema.gov/hazard/hurricane/hu_about.shtm
www.fema.gov/hazard/hurricane/hu_about.shtm
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Evolution The hurricanes that hit the islands in the Caribbean Ocean during the 19th century tended to receive the names of Roman Catholic saints. Then late in the same century, an Australian weatherman, Clement Worage, began to call the tr...
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Since 1953, the Tropical Prediction Center has produced lists of names for hurricanes. As a tropical depression develops into a tropical storm, it is given the next available name on the list, which is prepared in alphabetical order and alternates from between male and female names.
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ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/hurr/name.rxml
ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/hurr/name.rxml
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Hurricanes are named because names are easy and quick identifiers and are used as short-hand to keep from confusing two storms which may occur simultaneously.
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www.wxresearch.org/family/pg10.html
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