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It was the next name on the list. Every year, a list of names is created - one for each letter of the alphabet. Hurricanes and tropical storms are named in order from that list. It was originally only women's names, but with political correctness and the equality of men and women, men's names were added to the list. Male and female names alternate.

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Hurricanes are named down the alphabet rotating male and female. The hurricane before Gustav must have been a female name beginning with F.

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