livescience.com — If one more storm forms, as is likely, 2005 will tie for the record and the last name on the list will be used. Tropical storm Vince became a hurricane Sunday in the far eastern Atlantic. The only name left on this year's list is Wilma, then the National Hurricane Center will switch for the first time to Greek names such Alpha, Beta, and Gamma.
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jimmaOct 17, 2005
Hurricane GW! whoops!
amadeus2490Oct 17, 2005
By the way, I meant those are names we could possibly use. . .I'm not saying Eizikel is an All American name.
dcipjrOct 17, 2005
"KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!"I'm curious; what if we, say, get to Hurricane Beta this year, then next year we also exhaust the regular alphabet? Will we start the Greek with Hurricane Gamma, because we already used Alpha and Beta just the year before?
dcipjrOct 17, 2005
Or is it Delta? I can't remember the alphabet. ;-)
kamikazeedriverOct 17, 2005
I think the headline should read, "National Hurricane Center lacks creativity to name next hurricane."