# And now it's time for cyclone Glenda... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 30, 2006, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-its-time-for-cyclone-glenda/350481 "2006-03-30T00:30:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-its-time-for-cyclone-glenda/350481/1 "2006-03-30T00:30:34Z")
This [latest cyclone](http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,18646717-2,00.html) is currently tracking just off the north-western WA coast. I hope the damage isn’t as severe as that caused by Larry last week in QLD. ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-its-time-for-cyclone-glenda/350481/2 "2006-03-30T00:57:36Z")
I just learned that [the series of cyclones in Australia has something to do with the depressing rainy weather we’ve been having here this month](http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/03/29/BAGUCHVJV11.DTL&hw=rain&sn=001&sc=1000). I _really_ wish that the cyclones would quit hitting Australia ☹ ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-its-time-for-cyclone-glenda/350481/3 "2006-03-30T00:58:52Z")
> [@Cunctator](#): > > This [latest cyclone](http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,18646717-2,00.html) is currently tracking just off the north-western WA coast. > > I hope the damage isn’t as severe as that caused by Larry last week in QLD. Somehow seeing Cyclone and Glenda in the Same Op and then having it be in Australia (well known as Oz) makes me think Dorothy should be worried. 😉 I hope it turns aways or drops down in force before it hits. Good luck. Glenda is suppose to be a good which after all. Jim ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-its-time-for-cyclone-glenda/350481/4 "2006-03-30T00:59:53Z")
> [@What Exit?](#): > > Somehow seeing Cyclone and Glenda in the Same Op and then having it be in Australia (well known as Oz) makes me think Dorothy should be worried. 😉 > > I hope it turns aways or drops down in force before it hits. Good luck. Glenda is suppose to be a good which after all. > > Jim :smack: which = Witch of course. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-its-time-for-cyclone-glenda/350481/5 "2006-03-30T12:26:32Z")
That’s the third cyclone that specific area has had this season. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-its-time-for-cyclone-glenda/350481/6 "2006-03-30T12:31:16Z")
News reports say it’s the fourth one. Hopefully, the damage isn’t too severe. ---
**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-its-time-for-cyclone-glenda/350481/7 "2006-03-30T17:48:02Z")
Do Cyclones not get named in an alphabetical order? It sounds weird to hear Glenda coming after Larry. ---
**Author:** ![Cheez\_Whia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@Cheez\_Whia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheez_Whia)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-its-time-for-cyclone-glenda/350481/8 "2006-03-30T18:31:08Z")
I just means that Glenda was strong enought to be a named storm before Larry. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-its-time-for-cyclone-glenda/350481/9 "2006-03-30T19:25:14Z")
No, Larry is classed as part of the Eastern Region set, wheras Glenda is Western Region. Hence, the different pattern in naming. [See here](http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/B2.html) (scroll towards the bottom of the page). ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-its-time-for-cyclone-glenda/350481/10 "2006-03-30T21:24:50Z")
The damage appears to have been fairly [minimal,](http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,18663575-2,00.html) thankfully. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2006, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-its-time-for-cyclone-glenda/350481/11 "2006-03-31T01:49:29Z")
> [@BwanaBob](#): > > Do Cyclones not get named in an alphabetical order? > > It sounds weird to hear Glenda coming after Larry. as another example of this, cyclone Watti tracked down the East coast of Australia immediately after Larry. It had come from another cyclone area further east and had been named in a sequence of cyclones separate from Larry.