hurricanes didn't
use to have names.
forecasting
hurricanes was only
to emergence in the
late 1940's
it was usually the place
they did the most
damage ( like the
galveston hurricane of
1900)
the first us unofficially
named hurricane was
george, which hit in 1947.
the next one given a
name was named after
the first lady of the usa.
bess truman, in 1949
meteorologists used
different conventions, but in
1953, it is not clear why,
they were named after
women, in alphabetical order
that year there were hurricanes Alice,
Barbara, Carol,
Dolly,Edna,Florence,Gilda,Hazel,Irene,Jill,
Katherine,Lucy,Mabel,Norma,Orpa,patsy,
Queen, Rachel,Susie,Tina.Una,Vicky and
women's names began to be alternated to
name the storms