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Hurricane Bill... where do they get these names?

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 August 17, 2009 07:58 PM | view on twitter
The names for hurricanes are predetermined by the National Weather Service division the National Hurricane Center and if not retired, recycled every six years. The first one this year was Ana the latest is Bill, the next hurricane will be Hurricane Claudette, the gender assignment of each hurricanes name alternates from female to male and back again.
For the list of this year and the names for a few years into the future Click Here

http://sirocco.accuweather.com/sat_mosaic_640x480_public/ei/isaehatl.gif
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http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
http://www.hurricaneville.com/names.html
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/08/090817-hurricane-bill-proje...



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August 17, 2009 11:23 PM | view on twitter
As far as I know they go through the alphabet with a name for each letter - I think they also alternate between male and female names but I'm not totally sure - hopefully someone else has/will given/give a definite answer! :)
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Maybe memory, maybe made up - I'm not sure.


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psynopsis psynopsis
 
August 19, 2009 06:55 PM | view on twitter
They actually have a list for every year you can find it on About.com

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