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Why do Americans name hurricanes?

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Mooed78 · F
They are named in Europe too..
pianoplayingsteve · 31-35, M
@Mooed78 they are named everywhere, this is a ‘hur hur Americans are stupid’ post. Is OP ironically American?

Iwantyourhotwife · 22-25
@Mooed78 I'm not familiar with other countries so I speak only of my own. But that's interesting to know. Do they get named with common person names too?
Iwantyourhotwife · 22-25
@pianoplayingsteve [quote]this is a ‘hur hur Americans are stupid’ post. Is OP ironically American? [/quote]
I'm American in case you wanted confirmation 😂
Mooed78 · F
@Iwantyourhotwife
In Europe storms are named as a joint enterprise between the UK’s Met Office, Ireland’s Met Éireann and the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI). The list is set in advance, runs in alphabetical order and usually alternates between names associated with male and female gender. In 2020, Ellen, Francis, Gerda and Hugh are to follow Storm Ciara and Storm Dennis in turn.
According to the Met Office, the decision for a storm to be named is “based on a combination of both the impact the weather may have, and the likelihood of those impacts occurring. A storm will be named when it has the potential to cause an amber or red weather warning.”..
Iwantyourhotwife · 22-25
@Mooed78 that's kinda dope tbh
I need to read into it