BN Critters - June 2nd, 2008

surfpirate · Post by **surfpirate** » June 2, 2008 12:12 am

MONDAY, 2 JUNE 2008

Real Super Dudes and Dudettes this week .......

~~~~~ surfpirate

surfpirate · Post by **surfpirate** » June 2, 2008 12:12 am

ATLANTIC HURRICANE NAMES

Since 1953, Atlantic tropical storms have been named from lists originated by the National Hurricane Center.
They are now maintained and updated by an international committee of the World Meteorological Organization.
The original name lists featured only women's names. In 1979, men's names were introduced and they
alternate with the women's names. Six lists are used in rotation. Thus, the 2008 list will be used again in 2014.
For Atlantic hurricanes, there is actually one list for each of six years. In other words, one list is
repeated every seventh year. The only time that there is a change is if a storm is so deadly or costly
that the future use of its name on a different storm would be inappropriate for obvious reasons of sensitivity.
If that occurs, then at an annual meeting by the committee (called primarily to discuss many other issues)
the offending name is stricken from the list and another name is selected to replace it.

Below is a link to the list of retired names for the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, and the Gulf of Mexico.
There are, however, a great number of destructive storms not included on this list because they
occurred before the hurricane naming convention was established in 1950.
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutnames_history.shtml

bubba phan · Post by **bubba phan** » June 2, 2008 12:30 am

Excellent!!! Cudos sp

....What a fitting tribute to our resident specialist!

pbans · Post by **pbans** » June 2, 2008 12:37 am

Nice!
Always thought Shannon would be a great stripper.....

Karacal · Post by **Karacal** » June 2, 2008 12:39 am

Cool SP!!!!

WTG Shannon!!!!!!

Dutch Harbor PH · Post by **Dutch Harbor PH** » June 2, 2008 2:57 am

Shannon!!!!! Well Done! Hmmmmm....what are Shannon's super powers???? .......

jmb1331 · Post by **jmb1331** » June 2, 2008 4:36 am

I love learning new random facts as that! ... or shall I say, I live on the West Coast so most of us out here don't know that information.

Thanks for sharing!

C-Dawg · Post by **C-Dawg** » June 2, 2008 6:35 am

Hmmmm...this strip makes me think of many questions....can't wait to see them answered

Congrats Shannon on becoming a stripper

nutmeg · Post by **nutmeg** » June 2, 2008 7:51 am

Wooo Hooo Pojo! Great to see you as a stripper Shannon!

Dezdmona · Post by **Dezdmona** » June 2, 2008 8:05 am

Very timely. Kudos SP & pojo

Post by **SMLCHNG** » June 2, 2008 8:15 am

pojo · Post by **pojo** » June 2, 2008 8:28 am

I am speechless.... that doesn't happen very often.

Only for a short time

SP... I'm going to correct your names statement a little bit....Original names were the military phonetic alphabet... (able, baker, charlie, dog) then in during the Korean War they started using Womens names (you can imagine why). Then in 1979 they added male names and now it rotates boy/girl/boy/girl. To keep with diversity... there are french, english and spanish names in the list.

In the 1969 List there was no C name at the time... Weather Channel Hurricane Forcaster the Late John Hope (RIP) used his daughters name which was Camille.

Its a common theme down here in the Gulf to use Girls Gone Wild (not Naughty Lesson girls) but Hurricane Katrina, Rita and Wilma (2005). Surprisingly many marriages were strengthened... because if you can survive these 3 b!tches you can survive anything.

Allison (2001) is the first EVER Tropical Storm retired. She FLOODED Houston!

If you still have questions about our job.... here is our website.
www.hurricanehunters.com

*for the military geeks... Because of Major Hurricane Able (1951) in May (earliest major on record), the name Able became Alpha.

GumboPirate · Post by **GumboPirate** » June 2, 2008 8:54 am

Cool, SP

dnw · Post by **dnw** » June 2, 2008 9:01 am

Dezdmona wrote:Very timely. Kudos SP & pojo

Ditto.

C-Dawg · Post by **C-Dawg** » June 2, 2008 9:14 am

surfpirate wrote:ATLANTIC HURRICANE NAMES

Since 1953, Atlantic tropical storms have been named from lists originated by the National Hurricane Center.
They are now maintained and updated by an international committee of the World Meteorological Organization.
The original name lists featured only women's names. In 1979, men's names were introduced and they
alternate with the women's names. Six lists are used in rotation. Thus, the 2008 list will be used again in 2014.
For Atlantic hurricanes, there is actually one list for each of six years. In other words, one list is
repeated every seventh year. The only time that there is a change is if a storm is so deadly or costly
that the future use of its name on a different storm would be inappropriate for obvious reasons of sensitivity.
If that occurs, then at an annual meeting by the committee (called primarily to discuss many other issues)
the offending name is stricken from the list and another name is selected to replace it.

Below is a list of retired names for the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, and the Gulf of Mexico.
There are, however, a great number of destructive storms not included on this list because they
occurred before the hurricane naming convention was established in 1950.

The Hurricane I remember most is Gloria, one of the retired names of 1985. I rode her out aboard a submarine. We were the last sub to leave the Groton Conn. sub base due to the fact were were in port for repairs and Gloria WAS supposed to head out to seas before it hit Long Island. As it came across Long Island, they quickly welded a patch on our hull and we headed to sea. It took us over 7 hours to get to the Continental Shelf. The waves were so brutal we didn't know if we were going to make it and asked permission to submerge. Groton told us there was sever turbulence down to 450 ft and we were only in 250 ft of water, and they were afraid if we submerged we'd get thrown against the bottom and break up. They told us we were better off breaking up on surface, as we'd have a better chance of survival. You've probably heard the saying there are no athiests in foxholes, well there weren't on that sub either. The waves were like something out of the movie the Perfect Storm, and that day cured me of ever going on another roller coaster or amusement park ride. Thanks SP for inspiring the walk down memory lane.

STL PARROTHEAD · Post by **STL PARROTHEAD** » June 2, 2008 10:03 am

yey!!! Shannon!!!!
your a good stripper!

SP....

bufitonmybmw · Post by **bufitonmybmw** » June 2, 2008 10:05 am

Yay Shannon!

Mrs. TTG · Post by **Mrs. TTG** » June 2, 2008 10:08 am

WTG Shannon and SP!!!!!!!

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » June 2, 2008 10:10 am

My daughter has two hurricane names this season...

"Josephine" is her middle name. Her first name is Victoria, which is sometimes shortened to "Vicky." (Not for her, though, anyone who calls is scowled at by her mother).

Conolulu · Post by **Conolulu** » June 2, 2008 10:10 am

Very cool! Having lived on the East Coast all my life, hurricane's a a part of life here.....After having gone thru Hugo, I never ever underestimate them anymore, and leave when they say leave....Once you've seen that power in action, you're a believer!

Thanks Shannon, and all your friends!