It appears that the NWS will go all the way thru the Alphabet this year.

[CatWoman]

Now wer'e at "R" (Hurricane Rita).

I can't remember so many hurricanes in one year, and I'm almost 50.

What happens when they use up all letters in the alphabet?

Do they go back to A?

[Ivote]

1. They Go To The GREEK Alphabet

:kick:

[tsuki]

2. Aaron. Bébé. CeeCee, DeeDee

FiFi, Gigi

[Ivote]

3. Here are the Names for the next few years

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

[soleft]

4. 1010 - Hurricane Karl

[Ivote]

5. And So It Goes

IF THEY RUN OUT OF NAMES
--Only 21 of our 26-letter alphabet are used.
--At storm 22, the Hurricane Center will switch to Greek Letters.
--Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, etc

[CatWoman]

6. Thanks, you guys

which begs the next question: all of this severe weather -- can we safely say "Global Warming"?

Bill Clinton said that six (or is it 12)? chunks of ice the size of Rhode Island have broken off the Artic Shelf. I don't know what the time line is, but I remember reading about one such incident here a couple months ago :scared:

[MsTryska]

10. If you get a chance....

on PBS - i believe national Geographic has a really interesting documentary on Global Warming. like a 5 part series or soemthing.

I watched part 2 yesterday afternoon - it was scary and very interesting.

[LiberalEsto]

9. Hee-hee

Here's my name list:

George
Dick
Condi
Donald
Karl
Rush
Trent
Bolton
DeLay

[tsuki]

12. Add Bloomberg if he sent the troops after Cindy. eom

[karlrschneider]

7. Has Rita hit Hurricane status? Last I heard it was a TS

...couple hours ago

edit: 1100 EDT advisory, winds still 65 mph
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPAT3+shtml/191452.shtml

[MsTryska]

8. That's Tropical Storm Rita.....

since not all tropical storms become hurricanes.


I guess it will be Rita when it turns tho, since we went from Katrina to Ophelia, just like that.

[CatWoman]

11. I was watching CNN late last night

and could have sworn they called it "Hurricane Rita".