Hurricane Harvey. Hurricane Irma. Hurricane Sandy. The names for tropical storms might sound cutesy, but they’re not random. 哈维飓风。厄玛飓风。桑迪飓风。热带风暴的名字听起来很可爱,但它们可不是随机取的。 Originally, hurricanes in the West Indies were named after the saint’s day when the storm hit, according to the NOAA. For instance, there have been two Hurricane San Felipes in Puerto Rico—one that hit on September 13, 1876, and another that same date in 1928. 据NOAA的消息,最初西印度群岛的飓风都是在圣日来袭的,所以人们就以飓风来袭那天圣日的名字来命名飓风。比如,在波多黎各就有两个叫圣菲利普斯的飓风,一个是发生在1876年9月13日,另一个发生在1928年的同一日期。 |