Comments on: Red Cross launching largest relief operation in history for Katrina victims http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20050830/2310/ Technology, music, video, art, news, reviews and muse on the web Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:44:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: TDavid http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20050830/2310/#comment-17534 TDavid Tue, 30 Aug 2005 21:31:37 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20050830/2310/#comment-17534 Interesting info, Jehtris, thanks for stopping by and filling me in :) Interesting info, Jehtris, thanks for stopping by and filling me in :)

]]> By: Jehtris http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20050830/2310/#comment-17532 Jehtris Tue, 30 Aug 2005 20:29:51 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20050830/2310/#comment-17532 http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/general/lib/reason.html Short note: In 1953, the United States abandoned as confusing a two-year old plan to name storms by a phonetic alphabet (Able, Baker, Charlie) when a new, international phonetic alphabet was introduced. That year, this Nation's weather services began using female names for storms. The practice of naming hurricanes solely after women came to an end in 1978 when men's and women's names were included in the Eastern North Pacific storm lists. In 1979, male and female names were included in lists for the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico. http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/general/lib/reason.html

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In 1953, the United States abandoned as confusing a two-year old plan to name storms by a phonetic alphabet (Able, Baker, Charlie) when a new, international phonetic alphabet was introduced. That year, this Nation’s weather services began using female names for storms.

The practice of naming hurricanes solely after women came to an end in 1978 when men’s and women’s names were included in the Eastern North Pacific storm lists. In 1979, male and female names were included in lists for the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico.

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