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3:08Now PlayingDid you know you can put forward a name for a cyclone? Especially names that have caused havoc in your life. And that Australians have led the way in how we name cyclones? Nate Byrne explains weird weather.
Who in their right mind would want to be named after something that leaves a trail of destruction in its wake?
Well, it was Queenslander Clement Wragge — 'Inclement' was his nickname because meteorologists like jokes — started the practice back in 1877.
And when he did, he used letters in the Greek alphabet, mythological creatures, or even the names of politicians that he did not like very much.
It helped to stop confusion when there is more than one system happening at once to give them names.
When Mr Wragge left meteorology in 1902 the practice went out of favour.
People stopped calling cyclones and storms by name.
Fast forward 60 years and the Bureau of Meteorology decided it was a good idea and they officially started naming systems.
So when a cyclone formed off the Western Australia coast on January 6, 1964, it got a name — Bessie.
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