| − | The U.S. '''National Hurricane Center''' is a national organization that tracks tropical [[storm]]s and [[hurricane]]s over the [[Atlantic]], [[Caribbean]], [[Gulf of Mexico]], and the Eastern [[Pacific]] from May 15 through November 30. <ref>http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutnhc.shtml</ref> Since 1953 the center has been naming storms with human names alphabetically. Originally only female names, they have been named for both males and females starting in 1979. | + | The U.S. '''National Hurricane Center''' is a national organization that tracks tropical [[storm]]s and [[hurricane]]s over the [[Atlantic]], [[Caribbean]], [[Gulf of Mexico]], and the Eastern [[Pacific]] from May 15 through November 30.<ref>http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutnhc.shtml</ref> Since 1953 the center has been naming storms with human names alphabetically. Originally only female names, they have been named for both males and females starting in 1979.<ref>http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutnames_history.shtml</ref> |