"Dave Ludlow" schreef in bericht

: I do wonder if we should adopt (or join in) the naming of "major
: systems". It could make life easier in years to come ("Burns Day
: storm" sounds better than "October 1987 great storm" and "Zebedee"
: might sound even better!
:
: We'd need several criteria and thresholds to be set and met or passed
: before names were applied, and they would be reuseable (but
: reserveable for major events like Xynthia). If we did it, a
: Europe-wide naming method would be best, I think
:
: I like the Atlantic Basin Hurricane naming system, though ours would
: be a bit more difficult, of course.

Some of these severe storms have been depressions with unusual names. In
the past we have had "Kyrill" and "Quimburga" and now "Xynthia". I think
Richard Dixon is the expert on this topic.

Colin Youngs
Brussels