Hmmm…so today (September 26), Hurricane Helene was declared a Category 4 as she rips through the US.
Wait, but wasn’t somebody else also declared a Category 4 hurricane on September 26, but in 1958? That’s right—Hurricane Helene!
Whether this is pure coincidence or not, it’s odd they would reuse the name Helene considering how the names of damaging storms are generally retired…and the near-exact timeline 66 years later makes it even more odd. I guess history does repeat itself, after all.
Or I could be reading into it too much. But since this is the conspiracy sub, let’s have a little fun (and hope that everyone in the path of the storm has safely sought shelter, on a practical note).
Posted by _andalou_
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You just posted this under a different name earlier lol. Pathetic.
arent hurricanes supposed to only have unique names and never the same as previous ones? Why did they name this one Helene as well?
Get this… the first one happened exactly 66 years ago. Definitely some fuckery afoot.
That one only had one fatality which was indirect, I don’t think it qualified as being particularly bad enough for the name to get retired.
Ahhh.. ja. Die Helene.
>I guess history does repeat itself, after all.
Gotta be efficient, saves processing power.
I mean it’s not conclusively confirming but it makes sense and certainly a possibility.
There were more fatalities with this one. But I guess so, people driving around in river streets trying to get thier stalled cars to start.
People back then were smarter, not fed as much toxic waste. Had more mental ability to stay alive. The name will probably be retired now.
Hope this helps for those unaware how hurricanes are named
For Atlantic hurricanes, there is a list of names for each of six years. In other words, one list is repeated every sixth year. The only time that there is a change is if a storm is so deadly or costly that the future use of its name name on a different storm would be inappropriate for obvious reasons of sensitivity. If that occurs, then at an annual meeting by the committee (called primarily to discuss many other issues) the offending name is stricken from the list and another name is selected to replace it.
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutnames.shtml#atl
List of retired hurricane names
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutnames_history.shtml
Nice post OP. Thanks for the history lesson. This is pretty cool stuff. 66 years apart and it repeats itself to the day.
They recycle names unless the hurricane is particularly destructive. There’s only so many names under certain letters, after all. Helene in 1958 wasn’t bad enough to be retired, but you’ll never see Andrew or Sandy or Katrina used again.
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Here’s a mystery “Smoke On The Water” rabbit hole for you:
*”La guerre est une pourpre où le meurtre se drape.”*
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6,6%27-Dibromoindigo
>**6,6′-Dibromoindigo** is an organic compound with the formula (BrC6H3C(O)CNH)2.
>A deep purple solid, the compound is also known as Tyrian purple, a dye of historic significance.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrian_purple
>***Variations in colours of “Tyrian purple” from different snails are related to the presence of indigo dye (blue), 6-bromoindigo (purple), and the red 6,6′-dibromoindigo.***
*6-bromoindigo + 6,6′-dibromoindigo = ?* (6-6,6′)…
>Additional changes in colour can be induced by debromination from light exposure (as is the case for Tekhelet) or by heat processing.
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**Tekhelet:** “Sky Blue”, or, ***Azure***
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tekhelet