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| Wed Mar 01 2006 03:13 PM |
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The Onion
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http://www.theonion.com/content/node/45796
National Weather Service To Give Hurricanes Full Names
February 27, 2006 | Issue 42•09
SILVER SPRING, MD—The National Weather Service announced Friday that, in response to the increasing number of hurricanes, it is revising its naming system. "The hundreds of hurricanes we expect in the North Atlantic in 2006 will receive both proper and surnames," Max Mayfield of the weather service said. "In fact, tropical storms Alberto Fergus, Beverly Stenwick-Brown, and Chris Stubbs Jr. have already received names under the new system." After all possible first and last names are exhausted, storms will be given titles, beginning with Hurricane Assistant Accounts Manager Alexander Epps, CPA. © Copyright 2006, Onion, Inc. All rights reserved.