Wilma Now A Category 5 Hurricane

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Silas Marner Power-User Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: In my house, at the loom. Posts: 197 Good Answers: 3	Wilma Now A Category 5 Hurricane 10/19/2005 8:49 AM
	Hurricane Wilma, which may find landfall in Florida this weekend, is now a category 5 hurricane with gusts up to 175 mph. In fact, it is now the most powerful Atlantic storm on record. As of 8 AM this morning, Wilma was centered about 340 miles southeast of Cozumel Mexico. Leading projections have Wilma plodding slowly north-northeast towards Florida. Hopefully it will weaken before it comes closer to any landmass. __________________ The yoke a man creates for himself by wrong-doing will breed hate in the kindliest nature . . .
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Steve Melito Guru Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 2969 Good Answers: 33	#1 Hurricane Xavier? 10/19/2005 10:10 AM
	While I hope that Wilma is the last hurricane of the 2005 season, I don't understand why the National Weather Service plans to classify the next mega-storm as "Alpha". What's wrong with the letters X, Y, and Z? Xavier, Yolanda and Zachary are valid names.
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BRodda The Feature Creep Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 990	#2 In reply to #1 Re:Hurricane Xavier? 10/19/2005 10:58 AM
	I think it has to do with the fact that they stop using the name after there is a storm that causes significant damage or loss of life. There are just to few names with those letters. Not like we get to the end of the alphabet to often though. __________________ "The future is here. It's just not widely distributed yet." -William Gibson
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Bayes The Engineer Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Albany, New York Posts: 5060 Good Answers: 129	#3 Here are some disturbing facts... 10/20/2005 9:29 AM
	Three of the top ten most powerful hurricanes (lowest barometric reading measured) in the Atlantic Basin have occurred this year. In the last ten years, we have seen 5 of the top 10 most powerful hurricanes on record.
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