2009 Hurricane Names

[skittles22088.livejournal.com]

Today is the first day of Hurricane Season here in Florida.  Here are the names.  WDYT?

Ana
Bill
Claudette
Danny
Erika
Fred
Grace
Henri
Ida
Joaquin
Kate
Larry
Mindy
Nicholas
Odette
Peter
Rose
Sam
Teresa
Victor
Wanda

Comments

[duckduckcaboose.livejournal.com]

It's always seemed weird to me that they skip Q and U. I mean, I guess I get it, but still.

I also like the retired names (http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/retirednames.shtml). It's like, they can use the names over and over until they get famous enough, like Elvis or Madonna or something, lol.

[erzsebet.livejournal.com]

Do names get more or less popular after they're used as hurricanes, I wonder.
Because that may be a good thing for some of these. XD

[duckduckcaboose.livejournal.com]

Well, I'd be interested to hear other opinions (OP? Want to pitch in?), but I would guess that they probably become less popular. Katrina was on the rise in 2005, the year the hurricane hit. It was 246, and plummeted to 381, then 603, then 717.

[lustdumpster.livejournal.com]

i think it also depends on the kind of name it is. hurricane andrew was a pretty severe storm and there are still tons of andrews.

[kitchen-poet.livejournal.com]

I think I read somewhere on Laura Wattenberg's blog that names actually get more popular after a hurricane...

[fangirlism]

WOO I'M A HURRICANE AGAIN!

[lustdumpster.livejournal.com]

hasn't there already been an henri? i swear to god there was because when i was little i thought it was henry and my mom had to correct me.

i'm really surprised some of these hadn't been used yet, though. like grace, kate, peter, rose, and sam. i really hope kate doesn't turn out to be a devastating hurricane everyone remembers like katrina, it'll ruin one of my favorite names.

[bouncepogo.livejournal.com]

There may well have been...the lists are recycled every 7 years, and only major storm names are "retired" and replaced with something else.

[cremepuff.livejournal.com]

Hurricane Kate! Agghhh. I can already hear the jokes my husband will make when my side of the room gets cluttered.

[ivegotbaggage.livejournal.com]

I'm not good at inventing name games, but I somehow feel that there should be one involving hurricane lists...

[kitchen-poet.livejournal.com]

Crap! They used my name! I'm a Kate. And actually, they used my dad's too. He's a Nicholas. I'm loving that *both* Claudette and Odette are on the list. :)