Who names tropical storms and hurricanes and what inspires them?

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Always wondered

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Me

Answer 2

i don't know exactly, but i heard that there's a group of people called like the national weather society or something, and they pick the names. theres a list of names with two names for every letter of the alphabet, one girl and one boy name. and they rotate thought this list of names. But when theres a big one, like hurricane katrina, they retire the name. hope this helped :)