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Tropical Storm Dorian is fizzling out and drifting north of the carib islands, where the weather is lovely sunshine, or so I hear cos I'm in the hardware shop most of the time, buying various bits of junk and taking back the previous bits of failed junk.
The next storm will be Erin, it says. They have a list, decided by the World Meteorological Organisation, it says , and the same list of names are gone through every six years. If a particular hurricane is very horrid, like Katrina or Ivan or Lennie etc, then they choose a replacement. I suppose that this way the politicians can absolutely guarantee that "there will never be another Katrina" for example. About the names.. the number 1 FAQ on the relevant website is "can I have a hurricane named after me?" it seems, and the answer is No you effing can't, you egotistical nerk. Although there's always a chance that (like me) one will be named after you anyway. Here's the full list of names.
2013 (and 2019...)
Andrea
Barry
Chantal
Dorian
Erin
Fernand
Gabrielle
Humberto
Ingrid
Jerry
Karen
Lorenzo
Melissa
Nestor
Olga
Pablo
Rebekah
Sebastien
Tanya
Van
Wendy
2014
Arthur
Bertha
Cristobal
Dolly
Edouard
Fay
Gonzalo
Hanna
Isaias
Josephine
Kyle
Laura
Marco
Nana
Omar
Paulette
Rene
Sally
Teddy
Vicky
Wilfred
2015
Ana
Bill
Claudette
Danny
Erika
Fred
Grace
Henri
Ida
Joaquin
Kate
Larry
Mindy
Nicholas
Odette
Peter
Rose
Sam
Teresa
Victor
Wanda
2016
Alex
Bonnie
Colin
Danielle
Earl
Fiona
Gaston
Hermine
Ian
Julia
Karl
Lisa
Matthew
Nicole
Otto
Paula
Richard
Shary
Tobias
Virginie
Walter
2017
Arlene
Bret
Cindy
Don
Emily
Franklin
Gert
Harvey
Irma
Jose
Katia
Lee
Maria
Nate
Ophelia
Philippe
Rina
Sean
Tammy
Vince
Whitney
2018
Alberto
Beryl
Chris
Debby
Ernesto
Florence
Gordon
Helene
Isaac
Joyce
Kirk
Leslie
Michael
Nadine
Oscar
Patty
Rafael
Sara
Tony
Valerie
William
The next storm will be Erin, it says. They have a list, decided by the World Meteorological Organisation, it says , and the same list of names are gone through every six years. If a particular hurricane is very horrid, like Katrina or Ivan or Lennie etc, then they choose a replacement. I suppose that this way the politicians can absolutely guarantee that "there will never be another Katrina" for example. About the names.. the number 1 FAQ on the relevant website is "can I have a hurricane named after me?" it seems, and the answer is No you effing can't, you egotistical nerk. Although there's always a chance that (like me) one will be named after you anyway. Here's the full list of names.
2013 (and 2019...)
Andrea
Barry
Chantal
Dorian
Erin
Fernand
Gabrielle
Humberto
Ingrid
Jerry
Karen
Lorenzo
Melissa
Nestor
Olga
Pablo
Rebekah
Sebastien
Tanya
Van
Wendy
2014
Arthur
Bertha
Cristobal
Dolly
Edouard
Fay
Gonzalo
Hanna
Isaias
Josephine
Kyle
Laura
Marco
Nana
Omar
Paulette
Rene
Sally
Teddy
Vicky
Wilfred
2015
Ana
Bill
Claudette
Danny
Erika
Fred
Grace
Henri
Ida
Joaquin
Kate
Larry
Mindy
Nicholas
Odette
Peter
Rose
Sam
Teresa
Victor
Wanda
2016
Alex
Bonnie
Colin
Danielle
Earl
Fiona
Gaston
Hermine
Ian
Julia
Karl
Lisa
Matthew
Nicole
Otto
Paula
Richard
Shary
Tobias
Virginie
Walter
2017
Arlene
Bret
Cindy
Don
Emily
Franklin
Gert
Harvey
Irma
Jose
Katia
Lee
Maria
Nate
Ophelia
Philippe
Rina
Sean
Tammy
Vince
Whitney
2018
Alberto
Beryl
Chris
Debby
Ernesto
Florence
Gordon
Helene
Isaac
Joyce
Kirk
Leslie
Michael
Nadine
Oscar
Patty
Rafael
Sara
Tony
Valerie
William
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