Talk:1973 Atlantic hurricane season

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[edit] Atlantic Tropical Storm Names for 1973

The list of names for the 1973 Atlantic hurricane season comes from a book titled Hurricanes: Monster Storms from the Sea by Ruth Brindze (1975). The information is also contained in wiki article here. --65.24.223.243 08:29, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

  • The name Hilda (as opposed to Helen) is on the name list for the 1973 hurricane season according to The World Almanac and Book of Facts in its 1973 book. The name can be read at the Meteorology section. It might be noted that since an almanac is publish the year before the designated year or at the start of the year, the name might have been change before the official start of the 1973 hurricane season but that's just a guess. May 10, 2006
  • According to the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), "hurricane" is a term used to refer to "tropical cyclones". The current "H" name for Atlantic tropical cyclones is "Helene, not "Helen". It is scheduled to be used in 2006, then again in 2012; there are six permanent lists of names that rotate. See the NOAA's Worldwide Tropical Cyclone Names website. This doesn't mean it wasn't Helen in 1973; the permanent lists weren't established until 1979.
"Hilda" is currently on the list of names for Eastern North Pacific tropical cyclones, rather than the Atlantic list; it was retired from the Atlantic list in 1964. It is highly unlikely that it was "unretired" for use in 1973; so much for Almanacs as reference sources. See Retired Hurricane Names 1954–2005. The list is for the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, and the Gulf of Mexico storms.
I'm still searching for a list from the NOAA of names that were actually used in past years; I'll add another comment here if I find one. So far, I've just found the lists for current and upcoming years, along with retired names.—Chidom talk  21:00, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
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