I apologize for not putting this up earlier. As many of you are aware, Hurricane Stan has had tragic affects upon Central America and Guatemala, specifically. Our thoughts go out to those impacted by the storm and those participating in the humanitarian and rescue efforts in the region.

Wow there has been alot of natural disasters lately. My thoughts and prayers go out to those who lost their lives. Makes you stop and think how lucky you are doesn't it.

Each year a set list is made, of alternating gender names, using 20 letters of the alphabet in order.

 

Here's an interesting article on how there is only one name left unused this year so far:

 

prayers to those affected by any and all of these horrible disasters.

WMO World Meteorological Organization, names the hurricanes, 6 different lists, that are used in a yearly rotation, and if the storm does enough damage then its namesake is retired and replaced.

 

Only started using boy names for hurricanes in 1979, up till then hell hath no fury like a woman's name storm, and the reason they name them is ease of communication, and of course they stole the idea from the military.