Hurricane Maria Strikes the Caribbean Leaving Destruction in Its Wake
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The devastation of this recent series of storms is unprecedented in modern history.
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This last one was taken the next day, showing the bottom tail end of Jose barely visible on the top of the frame near New England.
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The closeup segment zooms in on Puerto Rico which took a direct hit from Maria/Myrna:
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There has been Harvey, Irma, Jose, Katia, Maria... next will come Nate, Ophelia, Philippe, Rina, Sean, Tammy, Vince and Whitney.
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Lee must have been used for a storm that didn't make the headlines. Note there is no name starting with Q or U, X or Z.
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I don't know why, because they could have used Quincy, Ursula, Xerxes and Zeno, for example.
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Here is the list they come from (the Come From List):
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HURRICANE NAMES FOR 2017
ATLANTIC TROPICAL (AND SUBTROPICAL) STORM NAMES FOR 2017Arlene
Harvey
Ophelia
Bret
Irma
Philippe
Cindy
Jose
Rina
Don
Katia
Sean
Emily
Lee
Tammy
Franklin
Maria
Vince
Gert
Nate
Whitney
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Again, if you'd like them to change a name you have to contact them far in advance because once the storm arrives they don't want to go back telling all the reporting agencies that a name was changed so they have to amend their bulletins, etc.
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