South Florida Sun-Sentinel: “Say goodbye and good riddance to Dorian, Laura, Eta and Iota. Dorian and Laura were permanently retired as hurricane names Wednesday by the World Meteorological Organization, following the tradition of avoiding the repetition of names of particularly destructive storms. Added to the list were Dexter and Leah. And no longer will storms carry names from the Greek alphabet, which had been used after authorities exhausted the list of names chosen for that year, according to an announcement Wednesday from the World Meteorological Organization.”
“Greek letters were used in last year’s horrific storm season, when a record-breaking number of storms required the use of nine Greek letters, from Alpha through Iota. The Greek letters were ditched for being confusing. Reporters and public officials mispronounced them. Too many letters, such as Zeta and Theta, sounded similar. Forecasters found themselves fielding questions from the media and public about the use of Greek letters rather than about the storms themselves. So now there will be an alternate overflow name list in lieu of the Greek alphabet.”