Tropical storm "Rita." What happened to "P" "Q" ?

[cantstandbush]

Is Rita really a threat to the US?

[QC]

1. Phillipe, and there is no Q.

Not all letters are used.

Phillippe doesn't look like he will do much; Rita could hit Texas, though it's really too early for accurate projections.

[onecent]

19. self deleted..sorry, I see it is a Q

[KingFlorez]

2. It's a threat to Florida

There is no Q name for Hurricanes and Tropical Storm Phillipe is out there now.

[Ilsa]

20. It's also a threat to Texas.

Some of the models show it going anywhere along the Texsa Gulf Coast by next weekend, category 2 or worse.

[ironflange]

3. P = Hurricane Philippe

They don't use Q, not enough names start with it.

Edit: Whoops, you're right, "Tropical Storm" Philippe.

[Bluebear]

4. P was Philippe and is going north towards Bermuda...

There is no Q name.

Remaining are:
Stan
Tammy
Vince
Wilma

[kliljedahl]

11. What, no X Y Z?

[Bluebear]

13. Nope. Sorry, Xavier, Yolanda and Zeeley!

[kliljedahl]

14. Has Xerxes been used?

[nonconformist]

33. Go! nt

[Vinnie From Indy]

5. Somebody must be minding them. n/t

[peekaloo]

6. sweet.

:D

[Sanity Claws]

8. What do you mean? Do you think that

all the Q's are being held in a corral somewhere with a shepherd watching over them?

[kestrel91316]

16. Quincy would work.................

[stepnw1f]

7. Said to Hit the Gulf

Once it gets in there, it will be fed energy from warm water temps.

[Skip Intro]

9. Afert "w" it goees to Alpha, Beta, etc.

I watch way to much weather channel.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

24. Needs to be a "Walker" in the lineup.

[goclark]

10. I'm mad, they need to name one of the Hurricanes

after one of my Black Sisters - Unique,Tanika, or Shakina!

What's with the Rita and Katrina?

Who names these anyway?

It is but another example of us being the invisible men and women.

[jobycom]

15. LOL!

That's sort of funny, sort of interesting.

[AspenRose]

23. But then you'd hear complaints about blacks being destructive

Let sleeping dogs lie!

[pitohui]

27. what abt odette, chantal, claudette

don't know too many white women w. those names

retired names that sound pretty black include hattie and beulah

[Modem Butterfly]

29. I get it!

Black people have different names!

Very amusing.

[Catchawave]

12. You can follow the new kids here:

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

[DemInDistress]

17. I predict when Rita enters the Gulf she will become

another Category 5 at her peak.Gulf waters 86/89 degrees prefect
source for strength plus it about 1,000 miles wide a slow mover {7/12]
mph would create a monster.But who would be the victims? Mexico,Texas
hope not Louisiana.Is "GOD" paying back the Bush Crime Family for their sins of greed {911,Iraq,Katrina,Plame,}.My hope is it heads for
the "Lazy W Ranch"wipes it clean of habitat make the creepy corrupt son lose all his efforts over the years,scatter it into the wind like
he did to victims of Katrina.
The Crime family has a dilemma,1.cost of Iraq their funds are depleted
2.Katrina victims cost maybe 200 billion,then if Rita develops into
a killer storm causing widespread total damage to Texas refinery's.That
scares me..

[alarimer]

18. I wish it would target only the Bush ranch

Unfortunately a lot of innocents would be in the way, including plenty of Dems here in S. Texas.

[one_true_leroy]

22. yeah, but you know what that would mean?

monthly brush clearing vacations on the pig-farm.

[Sanity Claws]

21. Tornadoes are better at hitting a specific target

Let's hope a powerful tornado hits the lazy W ranch, instead of hurricane. There's less likelihood of innocents being dragged down with them.

[RedCloud]

25. Another Q could be "Qutb"

This way we play Russian roulette with the middle east!

[pitohui]

28. it has to be easy to pronounce

the whole pt of a name was something quick & easy to communicate over the radio

who would even know how to pronounce that?

you need 6 starter names beginning w. the letter in question, then you need to have enough back-up names so that when names get retired they can be replaced

i doubt there are that many fast, easy to be pronounced Q names

[RedCloud]

30. Well let's see what the cry babies have to offer:

baby names starting with Q:

http://www.babynames.com/Names/Q/

[RedCloud]

26. Another Q could be "Qutb"

This way we play Russian roulette with the Middle East!

For example:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sayyid_Qutb

[RedCloud]

31. When will R be Red Cloud?

just wondering...

[momisold]

32. See this link to see how hurricanes are named.

http://www.weather.com/newscenter/topstories/20050601hurricanenames.html

[bloom]

34. I think they should be able to have more than 6 names

for each letter. More like 30 would make more sense - so they aren't rotating through the same names so often.