Has Your Name Ever Been Used for a Tropical Cyclone?

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20 Dec 2018, 6:14 pm

No, it's a rather unusual name, and it comes rather late in the alphabet, so it's not too likely.

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20 Dec 2018, 7:51 pm

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In 1992 my namesake "Hurricane Andrew" achieved category five status, and tore up the Bahamas, and then tore up Dade County Florida, including devastating the Miami area, continued into the Gulf of Mexico, turned right, and hit Louisiana at Morgan City. All told it killed sixty five people and did 27 billion dollars worth of damage according to Wiki.

I was in fifth grade when that happened and got teased relentlessly that week (we share a name). It was my first real experience at hating social interaction.

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30 Apr 2019, 10:20 pm

Update: Florence and Michael were retired last month and will be replaced with Francine and Milton for 2024.

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01 May 2019, 3:02 pm

I don't recall ever hearing of one, but a different spelling of my name is on the 2019 list for Atlantic storms, if we get to it.

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01 May 2019, 3:45 pm

Yes, and it was a rather deadly storm.

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01 May 2019, 4:31 pm

No,maybe for the best.It’s a cheerleader sounding name so none would take the storm seriously.

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01 May 2019, 4:34 pm

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01 May 2019, 4:44 pm

/\People would go outside, mock the storm, throw things at it.

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01 May 2019, 4:51 pm

Misslizard wrote:

/\People would go outside, mock the storm, throw things at it.

Well, if the storm happens to be in Florida, that could be due to them being a "Florida man".

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01 May 2019, 6:02 pm

/\“Throws a Pom Pom at them.”
A large one.

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01 May 2019, 6:52 pm

Misslizard wrote:

/\“Throws a Pom Pom at them.”
A large one.

Well, what do you know, here is Florida man now in his natural habitat.

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01 May 2019, 8:29 pm

Yes, back in 1985.

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01 May 2019, 8:50 pm

LOL to Florida Man.When a tornado came to visit a few years back I opted to go inside.The dog went out and howled at it.I knew better than to follow after that dog.I saw what happens on a movie once.

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01 May 2019, 9:02 pm

I highly doubt it. My name was never on the name trinkets and jewelry so I suspect it'd be awhile before I'd get a storm

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02 May 2019, 1:58 pm

No not yet, and I'd hate my name to be the next storm, because knowing my luck it'd probably be the worst and most destructive storm on record, making it be brought up on TV and in all the papers, and then people will start making jokes to me about it. I've always been embarrassed whenever I've seen my name publicly, maybe because I don't like my own name.

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02 May 2019, 2:04 pm

SaveFerris wrote:

No hurricane Ferris

... yet

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