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Think about it do you really want a hurricane named Hurricane 712564?

We note the Hurricanes for there power and being memorable ones its not hard to see why.

Well, they give the hurricane names by letters of the alphabet, such as hurricane Alex, or Hurricane Katrina, It's easier to remember than Hurricane 23745.

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