ALBERTO??? Why hurricane name's in SPANNISH?

[Bluebear]

These Hispanic hurricane's have *no* business coming in on our shore's!!!!!!!!11111111 WHY does the weather service cave in to special group's who are P.C. anyhow and mix our culture's??????!?!?! And why men's name's? Hurricane's are suppose to be girl's not men. It was a noble jester but I say go back to AMERICAN :patriot: name's like Esther and Ruth and Mary. HELLO???? CONGRESS??????????????

[lectrobyte]

1. Be glad the soon-to-be-privatized Weather Service didn't name it Al Gore.

[Jackpine Radical]

10. ...on second thought, why be glad of that?

Naming a hurricane for Al Gore would drive home the global warming connection and remind people of a lotta things they need to be reminded of.

[lectrobyte]

17. Was thinking more in terms of they'd want to associate something

bad with a democrat. Like what if Hurrican Katrina had been Hurricane Kerry? But I see your point. Living in NC, I'm really dreading this shit this year. I don't start getting really twitchy until they hit F's, Fran and Floyd really left their mark here.

[tinfoilinfor2005]

36. Alberto Gore it is then.

Alberto Gore spent the morning with us and generously watered all my plants and flowers. Thank you Mr. President!

[mrcheerful]

2. Well mainly because this isn't a hurricane its a himmicane.

[Bluebear]

4. Further PROOF of the emaskulation of America. Sad.

:hi:

[MADem]

3. Perhaps this is the year to name them after attorneys general!!!

J will be John, for Ashcroft and Mitchell...!! Or perhaps Janet, for Reno!

[NYCGirl]

5. Here are the names for 2006:

Alberto
Beryl
Chris
Debby
Ernesto
Florence
Gordon
Helene
Isaac
Joyce
Kirk
Leslie
Michael
Nadine
Oscar
Patty
Rafael
Sandy
Tony
Valerie
William

http://geography.about.com/od/physicalgeography/a/2006names.htm

[Gatchaman]

7. I'm predicting Gordon will be this year's "big one"

It just sounds right. Call it a premonition.

[dysfunctional press]

12. michael stands out for me...

but for some reason, i'm hoping that it's tony that really screws florida.

[mcscajun]

16. "Kirk" sounds right too.

The Captain always Was full of hot air. :)

[MazeRat7]

34. I'm going with Joyce. Only because that name jumped off the list at me.

BTW... I don't personally know anyone named Joyce.

MZr7

[CatholicEdHead]

21. Alpha, Beta....

[hyphenate]

26. Egads!

My brother and my sister are BOTH hurricanes this year--Chris and Debby (and yes, that's how she spells it) and my dad, William is on there, too. Thank goodness I'm not on the list, but how long ago did we have a hurricane named Mary?

[otherlander]

6. Weather Service has a good sense of humor.

[Tace]

8. You Should See Next Year's List...

Antonin
Dick
George
Condoleeza
Donald
Karl
Samuel
Clarence

and many more!

[Bluebear]

9. Oh, that is a scary list indeed!

:hi:

[RagingInMiami]

18. If Hurricane Dick turns out to be the big one

We're really going to be fucked.

[treestar]

30. LOL; Antonin, Barbara, Condi, Donald

George
Jeb
Karl
Laura
Neil
Pat
Rush
Scooter
Tony

[Doctor_J]

11. Heh

good one, bb.

[flvegan]

13. Will our stepping up border security stop him?

Has he filed his proper paperwork to enter the country? Probably not. Where are the Minutemen, anyway?

[El Fuego]

24. If you don't like hurricanes, you are a meterophobic WEATHERIST!!!

[Skidmore]

14. No doubt named after our destructive Attorney General, who

has plowed through so many civil and human rights with hurricaine force and left a path of destruction in his wake.

[survivor999]

15. Next one should be ALITO

:)

[RagingInMiami]

19. If we would have passed that English-only law

None of this would have happened. We would still be living in America.

[LostinVA]

20. They are taking jobs away from OUR hurricanes

[IsIt1984Yet]

28. hee

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

22. Have the minutemen build a fence and wave a 'fedrut flag at it.

And, if Alberto get's mean, they can shoot off their guns at it. Or, if it really gets out of hand get Pat Robertson to throw a few prayers at, and pass the basket.

[El Fuego]

23. It will probably spawn tornados

Which will be American, and then we'll have to pay to educate the little tornados. :crazy:

[UTUSN]

25. Cause he's INVADING, he's INVADING - Get that WALL up NOW!!1 n/t

[Breeze54]

27. The World Meteorological Organization names hurricanes.

Every year between June 1 and November 30 (commonly called hurricane season),
hurricanes threaten the eastern and gulf coasts of the United States,
Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean.

http://science.howstuffworks.com/hurricane.htm

The names are chosen by the World Meteorological Organization.
According to the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA):

"For several hundred years, hurricanes in the West Indies were often named
after the particular saint’s day on which the hurricane occurred.
For example, 'Hurricane San Felipe' struck Puerto Rico on September 13, 1876.
Another storm struck Puerto Rico on the same day in 1928,
and this storm was named 'Hurricane San Felipe the Second.'"

Until World War II, hurricanes were given only masculine names.
In the early 1950s, weather services began naming storms alphabetically and with only feminine names.
By the late 1970s, this practice was replaced with alternating masculine and feminine names.
The first hurricane of the season is given a name starting with the letter A,
the second with the letter B and so on.

According to NOAA, "the name lists... have an international flavor because hurricanes
affect other nations and are tracked by the public and weather services of many countries."

Hurricanes in the Pacific Ocean are assigned a different set of names than Atlantic storms.
For example, the first hurricane of the 2001 hurricane season was a Pacific Ocean storm
near Acapulco, Mexico, named Adolf.
The first Atlantic storm of the 2001 season would be named Allison.
A list of names through 2006 is available from the National Hurricane Center.

According to the NOAA:

"Whenever a hurricane has had a major impact, any country affected by the storm can request
that the name of the hurricane be “retired” by agreement of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
Retiring a name actually means that it cannot be reused for at least 10 years,
to facilitate historic references, legal actions, insurance claim activities, etc.
and avoid public confusion with another storm of the same name."

For a list of hurricane names that have been retired, check out this site.
http://science.howstuffworks.com/framed.htm?parent=hurricane.htm&url=http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/tcfaqB.html#B3

[Bluebear]

42. I think you missed some over-the-top sarcasm there...

but thank you! :)

[Breeze54]

43. Not a chance!

I ignored it.

[Bluebear]

44. Everyone's a critic.

:hi:

[treestar]

29. Why those morans don't except that English is the national language

of Americans is beyond me. They hate America.

[upi402]

31. you misspellt 'mericun

and thats a hugh missteak ya know

[BlooInBloo]

32. More than that - it's the name of the grandson of - gasp - ILLEGALS!

:rofl:

[El Fuego]

33. The Weather Channel is a RIGHT WING organization!!

You can see the bias -- they show the weather on a map of the United States, which just shows how incredibly xenophobic they are!!!

And do they care about the long journey the hurricane made from the African coast? Noooooooo. They only care about what's going to happen to America and Americans when the hurricane crosses our borders. "Oh dear, whatever's going to happen to the spoiled Americans? Whine whine whine." The Weather Channel is blatantly nationalistic.

They drone on and on about barometric pressure and wind speeds, but that's just RW code talk for their HATE of the hurricanes.

And I have it on good authority that rush limbaugh's cousin's best-friend's wife's ex-boyfriend's son used to work at The Weather Channel. So if you're getting your info from the Weather Channel, you're practically a nazi.

[DaveColorado]

35. LOL How fitting

Call in the minutemen so they can sit in their lawnchairs.

[LeftyMom]

37. So we can blame it if any blonde girls go missing.

Duh. :eyes:

[MiniMe]

38. Alberto attacks US , thats the headline I'm waiting to see

Of course, Alberto has already launched an attack against our civil rights. I just want the headline to go along with it.

And, of course, hoping that there is no damage or minimal damage from the storm.

[uppityperson]

39. Illegal alien tropical storms invade our borders!!!!1

[Deja Q]

40. Because they want to give Gonzales the recognition he deserves?

:rofl:

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

41. Named after Alberto "Blowhard Shitstorm" Gonzales

Duh :rofl:

[NJ Democrats]

45. This is so Gonzales can take the fall

if it is destructive