How To Name A Hurricane

This morning, Nicole got to talking about hurricane naming and how seemingly random the whole process is. Believe it or not, today’s hurricane naming system is quite simple. 

Especially in comparison to systems of the past, like in WWII when hurricanes were named after the wives and girl friends of US Military. Or how about in the 20^th century, when an Australian forecaster named hurricanes after politicians he didn’t like.

Today, there is an entire organization designated to naming hurricanes around the world, and it’s really not much more than a six-year rotation of six lists, each comprised of men’s and women’s names.  The names are used in order and alternated between male and female. Want to see if your name is on the list?