Hey, I think Ivan just reached N Atlanta. Here's prayers and best wishes for everybody south of here who (already) caught the brunt of it.

What really sucks is Ive got a condo down in Panama City and they've already seen 5 tornadoes.  Hope its still standing.

Yeah, we are waiting to hear about our(in-laws) vacation home in Destin...fingers crossed. We planned on going in Oct. Oh, and my sister lives(lived) in Mobile. Prayers sent to all!!


ByteTheBullet  (-:

What I want to know is what brilliant pencil-neck meteorologist thought it would be cool to name a hurricane "Ivan".  That's just BEGGING for the storm to smack the shit out of you.

Quoted: What I want to know is what brilliant pencil-neck meteorologist thought it would be cool to name a hurricane "Ivan".  That's just BEGGING for the storm to smack the shit out of you.

Well they cannot give them women's names now...what a crock of shit!


ByteTheBullet  (-:

Quoted: Quoted: What I want to know is what brilliant pencil-neck meteorologist thought it would be cool to name a hurricane "Ivan".  That's just BEGGING for the storm to smack the shit out of you. Well they cannot give them women's names now...what a crock of shit! ByteTheBullet  (-:

How about Bonnie a few months ago and Jeanne that's on her way?  Frances?

gay men?

Transgenders.

Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: What I want to know is what brilliant pencil-neck meteorologist thought it would be cool to name a hurricane "Ivan".  That's just BEGGING for the storm to smack the shit out of you. Well they cannot give them women's names now...what a crock of shit! ByteTheBullet  (-: How about Bonnie a few months ago and Jeanne that's on her way?  Frances?

Hey, I don't make the rules, I just bitch about them.


ByteTheBullet  (-:

Quoted: Quoted: What I want to know is what brilliant pencil-neck meteorologist thought it would be cool to name a hurricane "Ivan".  That's just BEGGING for the storm to smack the shit out of you. Well they cannot give them women's names now...what a crock of shit! ByteTheBullet  (-:

Yes, they can, and do. The names alternate gender as they descend (or ascend) the alphabet.

LINK w/ names through 2009

Worldwide Tropical Cyclone Names

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Atlantic Names
2004
Alex
Bonnie
Charley
Danielle
Earl
Frances
Gaston
Hermine
Ivan
Jeanne
Karl
Lisa
Matthew
Nicole
Otto
Paula
Richard
Shary
Tomas
Virginie
Walter  

Experience shows that the use of short, distinctive given names in written as well as spoken communications is quicker and less subject to error than the older more cumbersome latitude-longitude identification methods. These advantages are especially important in exchanging detailed storm information between hundreds of widely scattered stations, coastal bases, and ships at sea.

Since 1953, Atlantic tropical storms have been named from lists originated by the National Hurricane Center and now maintained and updated by an international committee of the World Meteorological Organization. The lists featured only women's names until 1979, when men's and women's names were alternated. Six lists are used in rotation. Thus, the 2004 list will be used again in 2010. Here is more information on the history of naming hurricanes.

The only time that there is a change in the list is if a storm is so deadly or costly that the future use of its name on a different storm would be inappropriate for reasons of sensitivity. If that occurs, then at an annual meeting by the WMO committee (called primarily to discuss many other issues) the offending name is stricken from the list and another name is selected to replace it.

Several names have been changed since the lists were last used. Four names from the 1995 list have been retired. On the 2001 list, Lorenzo has replaced Luis, Michelle has replaced Marilyn, Olga has replaced Opal, and Rebekah has replaced Roxanne. Three names from the 1996 list have been retired. On the 2002 list, Cristobal has replaced Cesar, Fay has replaced Fran, and Hanna has replaced Hortense. Two names from the 1998 list have been retired. On the 2004 list, Gaston has replaced Georges and Matthew has replaced Mitch. On the 2006 list, Kirk has replaced Keith. Here is more information on the retirement of hurricane names.

It's getting nice and crazy up here in Smyrna. I went out to get a cig and was almost knocked down by the wind. ..............anyway, I got my bath for the day.

Accountant

Got out of the office early and the drive still sucked! No rain at the moment here in Gwinnett.

Cannot wait for the commute in the morning

It's getting shitty here.
My parents have already lost power.
Hopefully this is the worst of it.
Y'all hang in there.

ARH

I can't wait for the 2007 Season

2007
Andrea       hmmmm whose wife is that?
Barry
Chantal
Dean
Erin
Felix
Gabrielle
Humberto
Ingrid
Jerry
Karen
Lorenzo
Melissa
Noel
Olga
Pablo
Rebekah
Sebastien
Tanya
Van
Wendy

If it lasts long enough to get to the end of the list .....hinking.gif

Camper

We're catching hell right now(central), high winds and tornada warnings out the ying yang.

Quoted: [sing]cuz every one knows it's WINDY[/sing] Camper

Dude, no singing(if you can call it that) in the Hometown forum...


ByteTheBullet  (-:

Quoted: I can't wait for the 2007 Season 2007 Andrea       hmmmm whose wife is that?

I have a psychobitch ex-GF named Andrea.  You guys watch out for that one...

If this helps your mood, it's also raining here in Seattle...  

it has been raining all day here and haveing some good winds up here in the SC.

Quoted: If this helps your mood, it's also raining here in Seattle...

It's always raining in Seattle.