"Wijke" wrote in message
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"Jonathan Stott" schreef in bericht
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Martin Rowley wrote:

... as I understand it, the named storm following 'Wilma' would be
'Alpha', then 'Beta' etc. The question was raised (the first time it
came up - when we had the confusion between phonetic and greek),
what would happen if a hurricane from the 'secondary' list needed
retiring?

Change the Greek alphabet?

Second a "Vita"; And would our "Y"annis go for "gama" )?
Oh, well it would be excessive if it'll come to that many tropical
storms? Have there ever been in the past?

.... from the Hurricane FAQ
( http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/E11.html )

the highest number of Tropical Storms [since 1944] occurred in 1995
(19), so not triggering the 'secondary' list requirement in this basin.

Martin.


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