AUGUST 29, 2011
BRUCE A. BRENNAN BLOG FROM THE WORLD AND MY MIND
The news as I see it and the views as I want them.
August 29 is … More Herbs, Less Salt Day
From Sunday morning, Irene was a big storm but not as big as predicted. It was the first hurricane to make landfall in the continental United States since 2008, and came almost six years to the day after Katrina ravaged New Orleans. Experts guessed that no other hurricane in American history had threatened as many people.
At least 2.3 million were under orders to move to somewhere safer, although it was unclear how many obeyed or, in some cases, how they could. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told 6,500 troops from all branches of the military to get ready to pitch in on relief work, and President Barack Obama visited the Federal Emergency Management Agency's command center in Washington and offered moral support.
"It's going to be a long 72 hours," he said, "and obviously a lot of families are going to be affected."
In New York, authorities began the herculean job of bringing the city to a halt. The subway began shutting down at noon, the first time the system was closed because of a natural disaster. It was expected to take as long as eight hours for all the trains to complete their runs and be taken out of service.
As the clean-up continues from the damages caused by Irene, I wonder if Irene will be retired from the list of approved, official hurricane names. Ever wonder why you hear some hurricane names again? Or why some names disappear? Here's the scoop on hurricane names, straight from NOAA:
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.
There is an exception to the retirement rule, however. Before 1979, when the first permanent six-year storm name list began, some storm names were simply not used anymore. For example, in 1966, "Fern" was substituted for "Frieda," and no reason was cited.
Below is a list of retired names, in alphabetical order, for hurricanes from the Atlantic Ocean:
| Agnes | 1972 | |
| Alicia | 1983 | |
| Allen | 1980 | |
| Allison | 2001 | |
| Andrew | 1992 | |
| Anita | 1977 | |
| Audrey | 1957 | |
| Betsy | 1965 | |
| Beulah | 1967 | |
| Bob | 1991 | |
| Camille | 1969 | |
| Carla | 1961 | |
| Carmen | 1974 | |
| Carol | 1954 | |
| Celia | 1970 | |
| Cesar | 1996 | |
| Charley | 2004 | |
| Cleo | 1964 | |
| Connie | 1955 | |
| David | 1979 | |
| Dean | 2007 | |
| Dennis | 2005 | |
| Diana | 1990 | |
| Diane | 1955 | |
| Donna | 1960 | |
| Dora | 1964 | |
| Edna | 1968 | |
| Elena | 1985 | |
| Eloise | 1975 | |
| Fabian | 2003 | |
| Felix | 2007 | |
| Fifi | 1974 | |
| Flora | 1963 | |
| Floyd | 1999 | |
| Fran | 1996 | |
| Frances | 2004 | |
| Frederic | 1979 | |
| Georges | 1998 | |
| Gilbert | 1988 | |
| Gloria | 1985 | |
| Gustav | 2008 | |
| Hattie | 1961 | |
| Hazel | 1954 | |
| Hilda | 1964 | |
| Hortense | 1996 | |
| Hugo | 1989 | |
| Igor | 2010 | |
| Ike | 2008 | |
| Inez | 1966 | |
| Ione | 1955 | |
| Iris | 2001 | |
| Isabel | 2003 | |
| Isidore | 2002 | |
| Ivan | 2004 | |
| Janet | 1955 | |
| Jeanne | 2004 | |
| Joan | 1988 | |
| Juan | 2003 | |
| Katrina | 2005 | |
| Keith | 2000 | |
| Klaus | 1990 | |
| Lenny | 1999 | |
| Lili | 2002 | |
| Luis | 1995 | |
| Marilyn | 1995 | |
| Michelle | 2001 | |
| Mitch | 1998 | |
| Noel | 2007 | |
| Opal | 1995 | |
| Paloma | 2008 | |
| Rita | 2005 | |
| Roxanne | 1995 | |
| Stan | 2005 | |
| Tomas | 2010 | |
| Wilma | 2005 |
How many of these storms do you remember? Other than Katrina, Andrew, Hugo and Floyd, I do not recall the others. Fabian? Opal? Fifi? – no recall.
Just a couple of thoughts I had and you should too or at least think about.
BRUCE A. BRENNAN
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