Why Hurricanes Have Human Names

为什么飓风有人的名字

In 1890, Australian meteorologist Clement Wragge became the first person to use human names to identify tropical storms.

1890年，澳大利亚气象学家克莱门特·弗拉格成为第一个用人名来识别热带风暴的人b6b&H*3bKwg)bJ)N7。

He didn’t choose names based on a system; he simply named storms after politicians he disliked.

他没有根据某一体系来选择名字；他只是用他不喜欢的政客的名字来命名风暴7r~CT_X!(Fgpgsvs。

However, the practice of naming storms after people didn’t become common until the 1940s, when American meteorologists began to name storms after their wives.

然而，直到20世纪40年代美国气象学家们开始用自己妻子的名字来命名风暴时，用人名来命名风暴的做法才变得普遍起来_fh5ZNlPZ^E。

Eventually, the World Meteorological Organization developed a system for naming storms.

最终，世界气象组织建立了一套风暴命名体系]4zi#_]WPTLa[。

There are official lists of hurricane names, assigned alphabetically.

体系中有飓风名称的官方清单，按字母表顺序排列rimTxf(OjOiFk;qYrh@。

Originally, hurricanes were only given female names, but since the 1970s, the name lists have included male names as well.

最初，飓风只被赋予女性名字，但自20世纪70年代以来，名单上也包括了男性名字zLTrop1)A[~!04BGiq。

The names are often recycled, but if a storm is especially destructive, its name is never used again.

这些名字经常重复使用，但如果某个风暴特别具有破坏性，那么它的名字就不会被再次使用了C=s;fqn+REW。

Some of these retired names are Katrina, Sandy, and Matthew.

其中一些“退休”的名字有卡特里娜、桑迪和马修-n8mMwmB*diPml。