Zusammenfassung der Ressource
HURRICANE NAMES
- Hurricanes didn't use to
have names
- forecasting hurricanes
wasonly begenningto
emergein the late 1940's
- during world war ll, US
metereologists working in the
pacific Ocean began naming
tropical cyclones
- It was qicker to name theme
than to refer to each one by
its specific location
- The first US unofficially named hurricane
was George, which in 1947.
- The next one given a name was
named after the first lady of the USA.