By Meteorologist Chris Bianchi Nationwide PUBLISHED 9:45 AM ET May. 18, 2021 PUBLISHED 9:45 AM EDT May. 18, 2021
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What You Need To Know
Hurricane names are rotated every six years
Some names are retired because of deaths and damage caused
Notable past storms on this year s list include Grace and Kate
For starters, a quick refresher on how hurricanes get their names might be useful. Every six years, the National Hurricane Center rotates through the same alphabetical list of names.
You can see the list of names for the 2021 season below:
There s one notable exception, however: if the World Meteorological Organization deems a storm as deadly or destructive enough, its name is then permanently retired.
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James Tuller Dill
James Tuller Dill, 76, died peacefully April 29, 2021, with his family and cherished cat nearby. He was happy, he said, in the days preceding his eventual deep sleep.
Jim was born January 27, 1945, in Long Branch, New Jersey, on the eve of the country’s optimistic post-World II boom years. He was the essence of the front end of the Baby Boomers curious, innovative, inventive, ready to explore and create a new world.
He appreciated his education, and stretched his intellect in many directions. He loved his first schools Rumson Country Day and Cardigan Mountain School (He graduated from that New Hampshire school in 1961; his favorite memories included clearing ski trails in the woods, snowy winters, and being Senior Class President), and eventually attended Deerfield Academy, graduating from that school in 1966.
(Credit: Julie Lane)
On his last day as president and CEO of the Long Island Association (LIA), Kevin Law sent a letter to President Joe Biden and Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) requesting federal help for the so-called “undergrounding” of electric lines on Long Island. Mr. Law knows the situation well. Before becoming the head of the LIA in 2010, the region’s largest business organization, Mr. Law was president and CEO of the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) which owns those lines.
Many if not most of Long Island’s roads are lined with trees and the region has a near dependence on transmitting electricity through lines on poles. Getting hit with a big storm means outages. More extreme storms can be expected as a result of climate change, and thus even more wide scale outages.