Tropical Storm 'Alpha' in Caribean

[BFMF]

Another Tropical storm, named 'Alpha' is forming in the Caribean, and marks the first time a storm has been named using the Greek alphabet.

[H]

...Alpha is forming in the caribean, and marks the first time a storm has been named using the Greek alphabet

It's been done in Greek accounts for a very long time.

[Pinchaser...]

i think we got close in '96...i think the last storm of that years name was Vanna?? i dunno..my memory is usually pretty good, but its getting rusty.  :P

[ozzy72]

It does seem to be rather a bad year for storms........

[ATI_7500]

I wonder if they could name a future cat V storm after me...

[Corsair Freak]

Bjorn the Terrible.

[Romulus111VADT]

I wonder if they could name a future cat V storm after me...

Well, not for a few years at least-

[Craig.]

Who names these things?

[Romulus111VADT]

Who names these things?

Since 1953, Atlantic tropical storms have been named from lists originated by the National Hurricane Center and now maintained and updated by an international committee of the World Meteorological Organization. The lists featured only women's names until 1979, when men's and women's names were alternated. Six lists are used in rotation. Thus, the 2004 list will be used again in 2010.

[flyboy 28]

Ooooooh. Make way for Hurricane Humberto! (2007)

[Katahu]

Watch out, Pablo is coming to cook up a storm in '07.

[ATI_7500]

Any chance of getting your name onto that list?

[Katahu]

For my name, if you're talking about my real name, it's possible. But as for my other name, no chance in heck.

[BFMF]

Who would choose some of those names?

[Romulus111VADT]

Here's the link to NOAA - http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutnames.shtml- You'll see the list I used above and how they name storms. It lists all the regions in the world and what the names used are. Under the "Western North Pacific Names", one name about killed me- "Longwang" contributed by the Chinese. Someone in China was quite confident with himself.