Since Europeans first came to the Americas and the Caribbean, hurricanes have been named using a variety of systems.  First they were named after Catholic saints.  Later on, the latitude-longitude positions of a storm’s formation was used as a name.  This was a little too cumbersome to use in conversation. Military meteorologists started giving female [...]

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September 3rd, 2010 | Tags: Hurricanes | Category: Daily Blog | Leave a comment