Cortes Island Seniors Society Please submit articles/photos/news to Gina at 250-935-0080 or email [email protected] Please submit articles/photos/news to Gina: 250-935-0080 or [email protected] October 2020 Lost and Found How Hurricanes Are Named? September 22, 2020 – power outages were report- Why are Hurricanes Named? ed across theNewsletter Maritimes Wednesday as post-tropi- Found at Norah and Jerry’s house cal storm Teddy touched down in Nova Scotia. after the last seniors’ lunch there: Hurricanes occur every year, and some- times two or three hurricanes can be ac- 1. one long soft woolen scarf, grey mushroom coloured. tive at the same time. Using names for 2. one sunhat, light grey canvas. these storms makes it much easier for Please let Carina@6793 know. meteorologists, researchers, emergency Seniors Helping Seniors response workers, ship captains and Contact Carina Verhoeve, coordinator, citizens to communicate about specific Monday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. hurricanes and be clearly understood. (unless emergency), at 250-935-6793. For that reason, the World Meteorolog- Walking Group ical Organization (WMO) develops a list of names that are assigned in alpha- Mon, Wed, Fri, 9 a.m., Manson’s Hall betical order to tropical storms as they are discovered in each hurricane season. parking lot. With social distancing. Names can be repeated after an interval of six years, but the names of especially Followed by coffee at the Co-op café. severe storms are permanently retired from use. Carpet Bowling Recent and Future Hurricane Names Tuesdays, 1:30 p.m., Manson’s Hall In the Atlantic Ocean, tropical storms Picnics & Luncheons that reach a sustained wind speed Since the weather in October can still of 39 miles per hour (65 km/h) are be good, we will continue scheduled Atlantic given a name, such as “Tropical Storm picnics, possibly catered, on Wednes- Pacific Fran.” If the storm reaches a sustained days. If the forecast wouldn’t be good wind speed of 74 miles per hour (120 for Wednesday but great for Tuesday km/h), it is called a hurricane, such as or Thursday, the day might change. “Hurricane Fran.” Hurricanes are not We will keep you posted. given names, tropical storms are given names, and they retain their name if they Literary Afternoons develop into a hurricane. We decided to continue with the Lit- History of Names erary Afternoons – the 10th season! We will have them in Manson’s Hall, Names have been given to Atlantic hurricanes for a few hundred years. People where we can gather with 22 people, living in the Caribbean Islands named storms after the saint of the day from socially distanced, in a well-aired the Roman Catholic liturgical calendar for the day on which the hurricane room – unless, later in the season, Dr. occurred, such as “Hurricane San Felipe.” When two hurricanes struck on the Bonnie Henry will advise otherwise. same date in different years, the hurricanes would be referred to by names such On every 4th Sunday of the fall and as “Hurricane San Felipe the first” and “Hurricane San Felipe the second.” winter months (except the first is on In the early days of meteorology in the , storms were named with November 1 and none in December), a latitude/longitude designation representing the location where the storm from 2 to 3 p.m., Cortes writers will originated. These names were difficult to remember, difficult to communicate read from their own work – fiction, and subject to errors. During the Second World War, military meteorologists non-fiction, travel logs, poetry, and working in the Pacific began to use women’s names for storms. That naming more. method made communication so easy that in 1953 it was adopted by the We have plans to record the readings National Hurricane Center (U.S.) for use on storms originating in the Atlantic and broadcast them later on Cortes Ocean. Once this practice started, hurricane names quickly became part of Radio. We will keep you posted. common language, and public awareness of hurricanes increased dramatically. For now, you may want to mark your Since 1953, Atlantic tropical storms had been named from lists originated by calendar for the live readings: the National Hurricane Center. They are now maintained and updated through November 1, November 22, January a strict procedure by an international committee of the World Meteorological 24 and February 28. Organization. Continued on page 3 -- Carina and the Cortes Island Museum October 2020 CISS NEWSLETTER, page 2 of 4 GARDEN/YARD WORK Samuel Braaten, 16, son of Madhurima and Mark, is looking for community service work he needs to fulfil for his high school curriculum as a volunteer, over the next five months. Could you use some help with gardening, yard work, fruit picking? He also has some experience with sanding, straining, painting that he could do in the yard. Call Madhurima: 250-935-6340 COMPUTER TUTORIALS In these socially difficult times, where Walking group coffee in the Co-op cafe more people are getting isolated, many of ainbow idge ezoning ublic earing us, reluctantly or wholeheartedly, turn to R R R P H the computer for contact and connection, The rezoning hearing for the Rainbow Ridge affordable housing development on Cortes seminars, etc. Island will be at 2 p.m. on October 15, 2020. The meeting will be live online and in Ayton Novak and Joel Walters are available person at Manson’s Community Hall. Following COVID-19 protocols a maximum of for individual computer tutorials, either on the phone or in person, outside or on your 22 people can attend in person at Manson’s Community Hall and everyone who is able is COVID-19 terms. They can help you navi- encouraged to participate virtually – either on your computer or by phone. gate the internet, social media, ZOOM, The public hearing is not a forum for asking questions, but for making your views known. Skype, emailing, photos, and more. To help answer any questions about the project in advance of the hearing, the CISS If you are interested, you can reach Ayton Housing Committee will be hosting an in-person Open House from 11:00 a.m. to at [email protected] or 1-604-910-6215, Joel at joelw_1991hotmail.com or 250- 12:30 p.m. on the same date, October 15, 2020, at Manson’s Community Hall. 935-6741 ( Joel is here only till Oct. 12). The charge is $25 per hour but if cost is an Visit www.CortesCommunityHousing.org to learn moreOctober about 2020Rainbow Ridge. -- Sandra Wood issue you can get a discount. Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 27 Sep 2020 28 29 30 1 Oct 2 3 Friday Market and COVID-19 cases as of September 28, 2020 Car Boot Sale ctober Source: www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#nav-today Mansons, 12 – 3 O FolkU, 1 – 3 2020 Confirmed Cases/1 Million Total Wild Cortes, 12 – 4 Populations Cases Deaths Museum, 12 – 4 Museum, 12 – 4 Worldwide 33,476,219 4,295 1,004,669 4 5 1. 6U.S. (most) 7,339,7827 22,143 8 209,605 9 10 Qigong 26. Canada 154,575 4,087 9,270 Friday Market and Mansons Hall 41. Sweden 90,923 8,989 5,880 Car Boot Sale 12:30–2 pm B.C. 8,641 230 Mansons, 12 – 3 with Leyland Carpet Bowling FolkU, 1 – 3 Wild Cortes, 12 – 4 Manson’s Hall Picnic – TBA 1:30 pm Museum, 12 – 4 Museum, 12 – 4 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Rezoning hearing Qigong Carpet Bowling for the Rainbow Friday Market and Mansons Hall Ridge affordable Car Boot Sale 12:30–2 pm Manson’s Hall 1:30 pm housing development Mansons, 12 – 3 Wild Cortes, 12 – 4 with Leyland Picnic – TBA 2 pm, Manson’s Hall Open House (for FolkU, 1 – 3 Museum, 12 – 4 Thanksgiving questions) 11–12:30 Museum, 12 – 4 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 FolkU Qigong Carpet Bowling Fridays, 1- 3 Friday Market and Mansons Hall Car Boot Sale Manson’s Hall CKTZ 89.5 FM Wild Cortes, 12 – 4 12:30–2 pm 1:30 pm Picnic – TBA Check for new and Mansons, 12 – 3 with Leyland past programs at Museum, 12 – 4 folku.ca FolkU, 1 – 3 cortesradio.ca folku.ca/podcasts Museum, 12 – 4 Cortes Island 25 26 27 28 29Library 30 31 Carpet Bowling Takeout Service Friday Market and Wild Cortes, 12 – 4 Qigong, 12:30–2 pm Museum, 12 – 4 Restaurants and Take-outs in October Monday Closed Car Boot Sale Picnic – TBA Tuesday Closed Mansons, 12 – 3 Toki Bap – every Friday, 11–3 Cortes Island Wednesday Closed Floathouse – closed for this year Thursday 2-3 & 6-7 FolkU, 1–3 Museum AGM Bear Truck – will be open in October 1:30 pm, ZOOM Friday 11-12 & 2-3 The Sunflower – Sun-Mon (?), take-out and Saturday 11-12&2-3 Museum, 12 – 4 frozen food. Sunday Closed PDF Calendar by www.pdfcalendar.com Cortes Island Museum, 957 Beasley Road: Fridays and Saturdays, 12 to 4 pm. Wild Cortes, 1225 Seaford Road: Saturdays, noon to 3 pm. October 2020 CISS NEWSLETTER, page 3 of 4 How Hurricanes Are Named? – cont. Continued from page 1 Atlantic Names 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Arthur Ana Alex Arlene Alberto Andrea The six lists are used in rotation and re- Bertha Bill Bonnie Bret Beryl Barry Cristobal Claudette Colin Cindy Chris Chantal cycled every six years, i.e. the 2019 list Dolly Danny Danielle Don Debby Dorian is used again in 2025. The only time that Edouard Elsa Earl Emily Ernesto Erin Fay Fred Fiona Franklin Francine Fernand there is a change in the list is if a storm Gonzalo Grace Gaston Gert Gordon Gabrielle is so deadly or costly that the future use Hanna Henri Hermine Harold Helene Humberto Isaias Ida Ian Idalia Isaac Imelda of its name on a different storm would be Josephine Julian Julia Jose Joyce Jerry inappropriate for reasons of sensitivity. If Kyle Kate Karl Katia Kirk Karen that occurs, then at an annual meeting by Laura Larry Lisa Lee Leslie Lorenzo Marco Mindy Martin Margot Milton Melissa the WMO committee (called primarily to Nana Nicholas Nicole Nigel Nadine Nestor discuss many other issues) the offending Omar Odette Owen Ophelia Oscar Olga Paulette Peter Paula Philippe Patty Pablo name is stricken from the list and another Rene Rose Richard Rina Rafael Rebekah name is selected to replace it. Several names Sally Sam Shary Sean Sara Sebastien Teddy Teresa Tobias Tammy Tony Tanya have been retired since the lists were created. Vicky Victor Virginie Vince Valerie Van Wilfred Wanda Walter Whitney William Wendy These are the five deadliest hurricanes in American history: If a storm forms in the off-season (i.e. between November The Great Galveston Storm (1900) and June), it will take the next name in the list based on the The deadliest storm in American history, the current calendar date. For example, if a tropical formed Galveston hurricane killed 8,000 to 12,000 people. on December 28th, it would take the name from the previous (2017 Nearly 5,000 people died as a result of Hurricane season’s list of names. If a storm formed in February, it would be Maria last September, according to a new report by named from the subsequent season’s list of names. the New England Journal of Medicine. In the event that more than twenty-one named tropical The Okeechobee Hurricane (1928) A brutal storm first hit then Palm occur in the Atlantic basin in a season, additional Springs, Fla., in September 1928, killing as many as storms will take names from the Greek alphabet. 3,000 people. The Atlantic hurricane season starts in June and lasts till (2005) November. The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season is an ongoing In August 2005, 1,833 people died when Hurricane Katrina hit , Mississippi, and season which has featured tropical cyclone Alabama. formation at an unprecedented rate. So far, it has featured a The Chenière Caminada Hurricane (1893) total of 24 tropical or subtropical cyclones, 23 named storms, Also known as the Great October Storm, nearly 8 hurricanes and 2 major hurricanes. However, formation of 1,400 people are estimated to have died in a massive hurricane that wiped out a Louisiana fishing tropical cyclones is possible at any time, with storms Arthur community. and Bertha (May 16 and 27), marking 2020 as the record sixth consecutive year with pre-season systems. Storm # Name Storm # Name Storm # Name When There Are More Than 21 Named Storms 22 Alpha 30 Iota 38 Rho 23 Beta 31 Kappa 39 Sigma There are normally fewer than 21 named tropical 24 Gamma 32 Lambda 40 Tau storms in any calendar year. In the rare years when 25 Delta 33 Mu 41 Upsilon more than 21 storms are named, the additional storms 26 Epsilon 34 Nu 42 Phi are given names from the Greek alphabet: Alpha, Beta, 27 Zeta 35 Xi 43 Chi Gamma, Delta, and so on are used for their names. A 28 Eta 36 Omicron 44 Psi table listing the 24 Greek names is shown on the right. 29 Theta 37 Pi 45 Omega This naming convention began in the mid-1900s and, since then, there has only been ONE year that the Greek alphabet has had to be used: 2005. That was the year, the Atlantic Basin broke records with 27 hurricanes including hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma (all Category 5 hurricanes, e.i. – sustained wind over 252 km/h). It is looking likely that 2020 will need to use the Greek alphabet for names before we get to the end of the season: as of Friday, September 18, 2020 the first storm to get a name from the Greek alphabet, Alpha, formed off the coast of Portugal. Continued on page 4 October 2020 CISS NEWSLETTER, page 4 of 4 How Hurricanes Are Named? – cont. Continued from page 3 Naming Tropical Storms Outside of the Atlantic Tropical storms occur in the Pacific Ocean, and meteorologists working there have developed naming systems for them. Separate naming systems are maintained for Eastern North Pacific Storms and Central North Pacific Storms. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) maintains lists and pronunciations of the names used in these areas. ThePlease World submitMeteorological articles/photos/news Organization (WMO) to Gina maintains at 250-935-0080 the lists of names or email for tropical [email protected] storms around the world. Eastern North Pacific lists are also re-cycled every six years (the 2019 list is used again in 2025). Eastern North Pacific Names Hurricanes vs. 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 The only difference between a hurricane and a is the -lo Amanda Andres Agatha Adrian Aletta Alvin Boris Blanca Blas Beatriz Bud Barbara cation where the storm occurs. A hurricane occurs in the Atlantic Cristina Carlos Celia Calvin Carlotta Cosme Douglas Dolores Darby Dora Daniel Dalila Ocean and northeastern Pacific Ocean (e.g. California, Mexico), Elida Enrique Estelle Eugene Emilia Erick a typhoon occurs in the northwestern Pacific Ocean (e.g. ). Fausto Felicia Frank Fernanda Fabio Flossie Genevieve Guillermo Georgette Greg Gilma Gil Hurricanes and typhoons are the same weather phenomenon: Hernan Hilda Howard Hilary Hector Henriette tropical cyclones. A tropical cyclone is a generic term used by Iselle Ignacio Ivette Irwin Ileana Ivo Julio Jimena Javier Jova John Juliette meteorologists to describe a rotating, organized system of clouds Karina Kevin Kay Kenneth Kristy Kiko Lowell Linda Lester Lidia Lane Lorena and thunderstorms that originates over tropical or subtropical Marie Marty Madeline Max Miriam Mario waters and has closed, low-level circulation. Norbert Nora Newton Norma Norman Narda Odalys Olaf Orlene Otis Olivia Octave Polo Pamela Paine Pilar Paul Priscilla Rachel Rick Roslyn Ramon Rosa Raymond Simon Sandra Seymour Selma Sergio Sonia Trudy Terry Tina Todd Tara Tico Vance Vivian Virgil Veronica Vicente Velma Winnie Waldo Winifred Wiley Willa Wallis Xavier Xina Xavier Xina Xavier Xina Yolanda York Yolanda York Yolanda York Zeke Zelda Zeke Zelda Zeke Zelda

Central North Pacific Names Central North List 1 List 2 List 3 List 4 A close-up satellite image of Hurricane Isabel taken on Sept. 15, 2003. Akoni Aka Alika Ana Pacific names are Ema Ekeka Ele Ela used one after the Tornadoes form over land, Hone Hene Huko Halola Iona Iolana Iopa Iune other. When the while hurricanes form over Keli Keoni Kika Kilo bottom of one water. ... Winds in a tornado Lala Lino Lana Loke can move as fast as 300 miles per Moke Mele Maka Malia list is reached, the Nolo Nona Neki Niala hour (480 km/h), while hur- Olana Oliwa Omeka Oho next name from ricanes tend to have winds that Pena Pama Pewa Pali Ulana Upana Unala Ulika the top of the are less than 180 miles per hour Wale Wene Wali Walaka next is used. (290 km/h). Tornadoes are quick to the punch and normally last Other Basin Names (Worldwide) less than an hour, while hurri- Lists of names for other out- Saskatoon, July 5, 2020 4:56 PM canes can drag on for weeks. side of NHC responsibility can be found on the World Meteorological Organization tropical cyclone naming page. Tropical cyclones can last for a week or more and there can be more than one cyclone at a time. Weather forecasters give each tropical cyclone a name to avoid confusion. Each year, tropical cyclones receive names in alphabetical order. Women and men’s names are alternated. The name list is proposed by the National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) of WMO members of a specific region, and approved by the respective tropical cyclone regional bodies at their annual/biennual sessions. Nations in the western North Pacific began using a new system for naming tropical cyclones in 2000. Canada Canada is usually only hit with weak storms, due to the generally cool waters immediately offshore. However, some hurricanes can strike the area full force as the warm Gulf Stream extends fairly close to Atlantic Canada. Due to the cool waters for a great distance from the Pacific coast of Canada, there has never been a storm of any intensity to directly affect the Pacific coast. On occasion, tropical systems can transition into, or be absorbed by, non-tropical systems that strongly affect western Canada, most notably by the remnants of Typhoon Freda that were absorbed by the Columbus Day Storm of 1962. According to the Canadian Hurricane Centre, Hurricane Ella of 1978 was the strongest tropical cyclone in Canadian waters, passing approximately 335 miles (540 km) south of Halifax, Nova Scotia, as a Category 4 hurricane winds (Category 4 is when sustained winds are 209–251 km/h).