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Oh, Crapdoodles
On the other hand....
A massive earthquake has hit the Subcontinent, and apparently the death toll from Hurricane Stan (STAN? Dear sweet God, soon they'll have to start the alphabet over again if this goes on) is near 2000 people.
Am I an ignorant American, or have there been more than the average number of natural disasters in this past year or so?
A massive earthquake has hit the Subcontinent, and apparently the death toll from Hurricane Stan (STAN? Dear sweet God, soon they'll have to start the alphabet over again if this goes on) is near 2000 people.
Am I an ignorant American, or have there been more than the average number of natural disasters in this past year or so?
Storm names: Igor?
Next up: Vance and Wilma. Yes, really!
As far as the number of named storms goes, we appear to be tied with record year 1995, when the Atlantic season made it to Hurricane Tanya.
After last year's hurricane season, the names of four hurricanes were retired: Charley, Frances, Ivan, and Jeanne. Replacing them are Colin, Fiona, Igor (!), and Julia, who'll have their chance in 2010.
It'll be interesting to see what's crossed off the list after this year! Then again, Katrina and Rita have been so exceptional, it might be difficult for other storms to measure up, even ones that in another year might have been considered for retirement.
CLICK for Atlantic hurricane-name lists through 2010, and other name lists for cyclonic storms around the world.