What's in a name? Wind and rain

Every year since 1953, the National Hurricane Center has generated an alphabetical list of names for the season's tropical storms and hurricanes. At first, the lists consisted of only female names; since 1979, the names alternate between male and female.

There are six lists that continue to rotate, changing only when there is a hurricane so devastating that its name is retired.

2009 STORM NAMES
Ana	Grace	Mindy	Teresa
Bill	Henri	Nicholas	Victor
Claudette	Ida	Odette	Wanda
Danny	Joaquin	Peter
Erika	Kate	Rose
Fred	Larry	Sam

In the past 10 years, these names have been retired:

1999 - Floyd	2004 - Frances
1999 - Lenny	2004 - Ivan
2000 - Keith	2004 - Jeanne
2001 - Allison	2005 - Dennis
2001 - Iris	2005 - Katrina
2001 - Michelle	2005 - Rita
2002 - Isidore	2005 - Stan
2002 - Lili	2005 - Wilma
2003 - Fabian	2007 - Dean
2003 - Isabel	2007 - Felix
2003 - Juan	2007 - Noel
2004 - Charley