Another record
 

Tropical Storm ALPHA has been named today.

Unbeleivable, as we are put under a hurricane watch here for WILMA the unprecedented ALPHA has formed.

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WTNT35 KNHC 222102
TCPAT5
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM ALPHA ADVISORY NUMBER 2
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
5 PM EDT SAT OCT 22 2005

...ALPHA BECOMES THE TWENTY-SECOND NAMED STORM OF THE SEASON AND
BREAKS THE ALL-TIME RECORD FOR THE MOST ACTIVE SEASON ON RECORD...

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh...l/222102.shtml

Re: Another record
 

I feel like cussin' now. Go away already! (the storm)

I've got hurricane-fatigue.

Re: Another record
 

What's with the greek letters? After 'approved names', they should go to naming them after administration officials. Hurricane Cheney has a nice ring to it.

Re: Another record
 

why do they give the hurricanes such tame names, why not give them more honest names like 'death-killer' or 'ultimate-destruction'

Anthony