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Atlantic Hurricane Name Picking: Deluge Edition (1988)
all rules are in: https://www.behindthename.com/bb/game/5486425In 1988, the WMO decided to retire the names Arlene, Cindy, Dennis, Floyd, Irene, Jose, Katrina, Lee, Margot, Ophelia, Philippe, Rina, Stan, Tammy, Wilma, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon, Eta, Theta, and Iota. Due to Greek rules, they are gonna be used later on. They were replaced with Annette, Crystal, Don, Franklin, Irma, Jorge, Katia, Lance, Martha, Olympia, Pierre, Ruth, Sean, Thelma, and Whitney for the 1993 season, respectively.Bolded names represent retired names.
Italicized names represent unused names.Alberto
Beverly
Cameron
Denise
Efrain
Francine
Gordon
Helene
Irving
Joyce
Kirk
Lucy
Milton
Nina
Oliver
Patty
Rafael
Sandy (Retired IRL, replaced with Sara)
Tony
Vanessa
William-------------
Auxiliary Lists
Greek Letters will be used later on.Alpha
Beta
Gamma
Delta
Epsilon
Zeta
Eta
Theta
Iota
Kappa
Lambda
Mu
Nu
Xi (Spanned 2 calendar years)Im currently doing a hurricane name picking series, and YOU can decide what I should do next!
https://www.behindthename.com/polls/410125 for the poll.

This message was edited 1/26/2024, 9:45 PM

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Cameron, Helene, Irving, Joyce, Kirk, Nina, Oliver, Patty, Rafael, Sandy, Tony, and William were retired
They were replaced with Clarence, Hailey, Ira, Jennifer, Kelvin, Naomi, Oren, Pam, Ricardo, Sara, Terrence, and Winston

This message was edited 1/24/2024, 11:33 AM

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