The Same Ocean: Japan Reports Only a Number, Mexico Gives It a Person's Name
The Pacific has been busy on several fronts these days: in the Northwest Pacific, what Japan is tracking is "Typhoon No. 25" (DUJUAN, Dujuan), while in the eastern Pacific there is hurricane "Polo". One side uses only a number, the other hands out a personal name — this article is about the naming of storms, and about why a name has never been a small matter in folklore.