|2005 ||2006 ||2007 ||2008 ||2009 ||2010 Experience shows that
the use of short, distinctive given names in written as well as
spoken communications is quicker and less subject to error than
the older more cumbersome latitude-longitude identification
methods. These advantages are especially important in exchanging
detailed storm information between hundreds of widely scattered
stations, coastal bases, and ships at sea. Since 1953, Atlantic
tropical storms have been named from lists originated by the
National Hurricane Center. They are now maintained and updated
by an international committee of the World Meteorological
Organization. The original name lists featured only women's
names. In 1979, men's names were introduced and they alternate
with the women's names. Six lists are used in rotation. Thus,
the 2005 list will be used again in 2011. Here is more
information about the history of naming hurricanes. The only
time that there is a change in the list is if a storm is so
deadly or costly that the future use