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Atlantic Hurricane Name Picking: Deluge Edition (1997)
all rules are in: https://www.behindthename.com/bb/game/5486425In 1997, the WMO decided to retire the names Adam, Fay, Hanna, Johanna, Ruben, Susan, Teddy, Vera, Alpha, Beta, and Gamma. Due to Greek rules, they are gonna be used later on. They were replaced with Austin, Frieda, Hallie, Jeanette, Rico, Sabrina, Trevor, and Vida for the 2002 season, respectively.Bolded names represent retired names.
Italicized names represent unused names.Ana
Bill
Cheryl
David
Elena (Retired IRL, replaced with Erika)
Frederic
Grace
Henri
Ivana
Julian
Kara
Leroy
Miranda
Nazario
Ora
Preston
Ruby
Saul
Thea
Vernon
Wynne-------------
Auxiliary List
Greek Letters will be used later on.Alpha
Beta
Gamma
Delta
Epsilon
Zeta
Eta
Theta
Iota
Kappa
Lambda
Mu
Nu
Xi
Omicron
Pi
Rho
Sigma
Tau
Upsilon
PhiIm 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 1/31/2024, 9:44 PM

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Elena, Henri, Ivana, Julian, Kara, Miranda, Ora, Preston, Ruby, Saul, Vernon, and Wynne were retired and replaced with
Erika, Homer, Ilene, Jacques, Kelsey, Mallory, Ottilie, Percival, Rosemary, Santiago, Vencel, and Werna
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