Question #50984. Asked by joezhou300.
Last updated Oct 05 2016.
Following the phonetic alphabet from World War II,[7] the U.S. Weather Bureau office in Miami, Florida, which then worked in conjunction with the military, named the storm George,[8] though such names were apparently informal and did not appear in public advisories until 1950, when the first Atlantic storm to be so designated was Hurricane Fox.
Until late in the 1940s, hurricanes were not officially named. The first US named hurricane (unofficially named) was George, which hit in 1947. The next one given a name was Hurricane Bess, named for the First Lady of the USA, Bess Truman, in 1949. Various naming conventions were used until the use of women's names was adopted in 1953. The names used that year were: Alice, Barbara, Carol, Dolly, Edna, Florence, Gilda, Hazel, Irene, Jill, Katherine, Lucy, Mabel, Norma, Orpha, Patsy, Queen, Rachel, Susie, Tina, Una, Vicky, and Wallis. Between 1953 and 1979, only women's names were used to name tropical storms but since 1979, men's and women's names have been alternated.
|
|