HURRICANE SEASONING

	Bracing for Cindy, Franklin and Irene Terry Joseph Tuesday, June 28th 2005

Devastation wrought by Hurricane Ivan last year in Grenada. All indications are that the imminent hurricane season will be at least as robust as last year's, although there is no chance of having a Charley, Frances or the devastating Ivan in the line-up, as those three storm-names have all been discarded forever. The terrible trio hit last year with merciless force, Ivan claming 77 lives in the Caribbean and 52 in the US, moving the international committee of the World Meteorological Organisation to replace them with the names Cindy, Franklin and Irene for the 2005 season. Hurricane names are only deleted if a storm is so deadly or costly that use of its name in a subsequent year would be deemed insensitive. Janet, which tore into Tobago (and other places) in 1955, was consequently axed from future consideration. Six lists are used in rotation, which means we will this year again see those utilized to identify storms of 1999. In Atlantic storms, the list is topped by a name beginning with the letter A and goes sequentially through the alphabet to the letter W (historical data suggests we will never have enough storms to invoke use of X, Y or Z). READ THE REST HERE: http://www.trinidadexpress.com/index.pl/article_features?id=85835038 How Atlantic Hurricanes Are Named: http://www.trinidadexpress.com/ "In Atlantic storms, the list is topped by a name beginning with the letter A and goes sequentially through the alphabet to the letter W (historical data suggests we will never have enough storms to invoke use of X, Y or Z). " Hurricane Arlene Hurricane Bret Hurricane Cindy Hurricane Dennis Hurricane Emily Hurricane Franklin Hurricane Gert Hurricane Harvey Hurricane Irene Hurricane Jose Hurricane Katrina Hurricane Lee Hurricane Maria Hurricane Nate Hurricane Ophelia Hurricane Philippe Hurricane Rita Hurricane Stan Hurricane Tammy Hurricane Vince Hurricane Wilma