Declan Murphy wrote:

> Rindler Sigurd wrote:
> >>Sounds reasonable enough. If you weren't already aware, the typhoon naming
> >>system was changed a couple of years ago to reflect Asian names rather
> > than
> >>the American names previously used. Japan  continues to use its numbering
> >>system, which I also think is easier to understand.
> >
> > Easier than the Japanese numbering system???
>
> You know 台風一号、台風二号、台風三号、、、 etc - what could be easier?

A little something like unique names (as earthquakes in Japan may have, for
example), to tell them apart by year or approximate era. People will recall the
Great Hanshin Earthquake or Great Kanto Earthquake for quite some time. Not so
Earthquake Number 51 (of 2003) or Typhoon Number 4 (of 2003).

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