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How do hurricanes get their names? | Earth | EarthSky  Jun 4, 2016 ... The Atlantic hurricane season started June 1. Here are the hurricane names for the 2016 season. ... These experts assign names to hurricanes according to a formal list of ... who named the storms after women, much as ships at sea were ... Tropical storms are given names when they display a rotating...
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Some of the names in this 1915 Edgar Lee Masters work were taken ...  Jul 8, 2016 ... video icon  After 1979 some of these powerful Atlantic storms were given male names too # Quiz # Question. 0:29. FirstAmVideo. No views...
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Hurricane Names - How are Hurricanes Named? - Geology.com  So, hurricanes are not given names, tropical storms are given names, and they ... People living in the Caribbean Islands named storms after the saint of the day ... These names were difficult to remember, difficult to communicate and subject to errors. ... Meteorologists for the Atlantic ocean began using men's names in 1979.
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Tropical Cyclone Naming History and Retired Names  These advantages are especially important in exchanging detailed storm ... storms of recorded history and mentions many hurricanes named after saints. ... In 1979, male and female names were included in lists for the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico. ... storm name list began, some storm names were simply not used anymore.
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How Cyclones Get Their Names | The Basement Geographer  Sep 8, 2011 ... Certainly those in the North Atlantic and in the West Pacific are overly aware ... But how do these storms get these names in the first place? ... Eventually, the practice spread to other parts of the world, male names were also included, and ... in 1979, but no actual storms formed in the area that were powerful...
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How do hurricanes get their names? | Earth | EarthSky  Jun 4, 2016 ... The Atlantic hurricane season started June 1. ... These experts assign names to hurricanes according to a formal list of names that is ... In 1953, to avoid the repetitive use of names, the system was revised so that storms ... was mimicking the habit of Naval meteorologists, who named the storms after women,...
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Hurricanes in History  This killer weather system was first detected over the tropical Atlantic on August 27. ... Most residents, having not experienced a hurricane, believed that the storm had ..... One of the all-time great hurricanes, Donna was first detected as a tropical wave .... 5 hurricane in the Atlantic basin to strike land since Camille in 1969.
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Hurricanes: The Greatest Storms on Earth : Feature Articles  Called the greatest storm on Earth, a hurricane is capable of annihilating coastal ... are known as typhoons, from the Cantonese tai-fung, meaning great wind.
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Weather FAQ: Hurricanes - usa today  A: In the Northern Hemisphere, the winds flow in toward the storm's center in a ... In other parts of the world they are just called "tropical cyclones. ... If you scroll down to the "Naming basics" headline you'll find a link to "the list of retired...
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Taken By Storm, 2004 storms Hurricane Charley, Frances, Ivan and ...  Aug 8, 2014 ... For six weeks, Florida reeled under the assault of four hurricanes. ... Jeanne struck the same area as Frances, turning out the lights in most of Palm Beach ... When it came to hurricanes, the latest news arrived via television, the web and radio. ... The storm spawned 101 tornadoes, 23 of them in Florida.
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Behind the Name: User Comments for the name Alicia  Alicia Roanne Witt (born August 21, 1975) is an American film, stage and television actress ... first storm, and the only major hurricane of the inactive 1983 Atlantic hurricane season. ... Alicia Silverstone pronounces her first name ah-LEE-see-ah. ... I'm not sure if this is the same opinion everywhere, but I have heard of Alicia...
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1804 Snow hurricane - Wikipedia  The 1804 Snow hurricane was the first tropical cyclone in recorded history known to produce .... The snow hurricane brought strong gusts, copious snow, and heavy rain ... farther north at Philadelphia, an arriving ferry was inundated by a sudden gale. ... At least 27 vessels were damaged by the hurricane in Boston, with six...
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Jeopary Questions page 739 - ATHLETES' RHYME TIME ...  A WINDY CATEGORY: Like hurricanes, these pacific tropical cyclones get names; Omar devastated Guam in 1992  "DOLLAR"S & "CENT"S: World Book says...
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Aurora in Texas  San Antonio SkyWatch  Feb 20, 2012 ... The northern lights in the south usually reveal their beauty in a rare, red glow. ... On March 13, 1989, a massive CME slammed into Earth. ... called The Quebec Blackout Storm, and was seen as far south as Florida and Cuba. ... The aurora from this storm was visible here in San Antonio as well, even from...
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Jeopary Questions page 477 - SYMPHONY NICKNAMES ...  CELEBRITY RHYME TIME: Sajak's cauldrons  NEAR DISASTERS: On Sept. 8, 2001 Erin became the Atlantic season's first of these, but stayed mostly out at sea.
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Text summary US billion dollar weather disasters from 1980 - 2011  Jan 15, 2012 ... Billion Dollar U.S. Weather/Climate Disasters, 1980-2011 ... damage in Texas alone due to loss of property, timber and ... Mississippi River flooding Spring-Summer, 2011. ... tornadoes over central states (OK, TX, KS, NE, MO, IA, IL) with an .... other areas affected across portions of the south and far west...
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10 years later: Remembering Charley, Frances and Jeanne  May 30, 2014 ... The 2004 hurricane season in central Florida was one for the record books. ... 10 years later: Remembering hurricanes Charley, Frances and Jeanne. 3 storms battered ... Charley was not a friend as he rolled through Punta Gorda." ... "And we realized that, no, we're not going to be able to fight this fire.
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Hurricane Names--Giving Tropical Storms and Hurricanes An Identity.  When a tropical storm, or hurricane develops, it is assigned a name by the National Hurricane Center This is so that these particular systems can be identified...
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Hurricanes in Florida - Florida Center for Instructional Technology  The word hurricane probably comes to us by way of the Spanish explorers. They picked up the term from the Taino Indian* word huracan (evil spirit). ... over warm ocean watersusually starting as storms in the Caribbean or off the west coast of Africa. ... Hurricanes are defined as having winds of at least 74 miles per hour.
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Fair Use Articles | The Scott Horton Show | Page 2  Aug 4, 2013 ... On Tuesday morning, August 4, 1964, my first full day on my new job .... Freak weather effects on radar and overeager sonarmen may have accounted for many reports. ... boats supposedly hit, indications that an attack, not just a fight with .... But before the August 2 incident the Maddox had been frequently...
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Hurricane history - usa today  Q: If hurricane names are alphabetical, why was Dean after Erin? ... September is also the month when the most hurricanes have hit the USA, ... The Atlantic hurricane season lasts from June through November. ..... Most of these continue to move west, but occasionally a storm quickly curves ..... Should I go, or stay here?