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> nancree wrote:
>> Bob wrote:
>>
>> "P.S. How did we get from "Katrina" to "Rita" in just 3 weeks? I
>> thought tropical storm names ran alphabetically."
>
> Not all hurricanes are reported, or develop into storms that approach
> the US. Lee through Phillipe didn't make the news.
>
> -L.
>

Storms are named when they become tropical storms. Not all tropical storms
develop into hurricanes. There were several of the storms between Katrina
and Rita that went north in the Atlantic and never threatened land. Ophelia
came close to hitting North Carolina but just skirted along the coast and
went out in to the Atlantic.

The storms don't make the 5 O'clock news unless they threaten land. They do
make the weather news though.

There are still over 2 months in hurricane season and only 4 names left.
They'll start over with the Greek alphabet.

Kathy